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The following list contains saints from Anglo-Saxon England during the period of Christianization until the Norman Conquest of England (c. AD 600 to 1066). It also includes British saints of the Roman and post-Roman period (3rd to 6th centuries), and other post-biblical saints who, while not themselves English, were strongly associated with particular religious houses in Anglo-Saxon England ...
This category is for saints of Anglo-Saxon origin, whether they worked inside or outside England, up to 1066, as well as other saints who were active in Anglo-Saxon England. For saints of English origin after 1066, see Category:Medieval English saints and Category:English saints.
It lists of hundreds of saints from Ireland and beyond. [1] In various religions, a saint is a revered person who has achieved an eminent status of holiness, known as sainthood. The word saint comes from the Latin word sanctus, meaning ' holy ', and although saint has been applied in other religious contexts, the word has its origins in ...
The Anglo-Saxon local saint was a development in a wider and older Roman tradition. [3] The cult of saints had become a centrally important aspect of Christianity from at least the fourth century, when it was criticised by the final pagan Emperor of the Roman Empire, Julian the Apostate. [4]
This category is for saints associated with the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of East Anglia, which existed from the 7th to the 10th century. The area corresponds with the modern English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, as well as the Fens of east Cambridgeshire. Included in this category are those who were born in the kingdom, or who worked there as ...
This list of royal saints and martyrs enumerates Christian monarchs, other royalty, ... Wynthryth, obscure Anglo-Saxon saint, possibly related to the House of Wessex;
Saints portal; Saints from England, or who lived in England, after 1066. For saints in or from England before 1066 see Category:Anglo-Saxon saints. For saints in or from areas which only later became part of England see. Category:Romano-British saints, Category:Northern Brythonic saints, Category:Southwestern Brythonic saints & Category:Cornish ...
A number of Anglo-Saxon saints are connected to royalty. [53] King Æthelberht of Kent and his wife Queen Bertha were later regarded as saints for their role in establishing Christianity among the Anglo-Saxons. Their granddaughter Eanswith founded Folkestone Priory, in 630 the first monastery in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms for women. [54]
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