St Hild at Whitby

In 657, a Northumbrian princess was appointed Abbess of a new monastery at Whitby, under the guidance of St Aidan. St Bede tells us that she brought to it the same gentle efficiency she had shown earlier in Hartlepool, and soon the monastery was turning out dozens of respected clergymen, and Hild herself was giving wise counsel to princes.

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