Werburgh

Also known as Wærburh, Werburh, Werburga, Wereburga

Werburgh (also Wærburh, Werburh, Werburga, meaning "true city"; ; c. AD 650 – 3 February 700) was an Anglo-Saxon princess who became the patron saint of the city of Chester in Cheshire. Her feast day is 3 February.

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Saint.honorific_prefix: Saint
Saint.name: Werburgh
Saint.feast_day: 3 February
Saint.venerated_in: Catholic ChurchAnglican CommunionEastern Orthodox Church
Saint.image: Chester Cathedral - Refektorium Ostfenster 1 St.Werburg.jpg
Saint.imagesize: 250px
Saint.caption: Saint Werburgh, Chester Cathedral.
Saint.birth_place: Stone, Mercia
Saint.death_place: Trentham, Staffordshire, England
Saint.patronage: Chester
Saint.major_shrine: Hanbury thenChester Cathedral

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Image: Chester Cathedral - Refektorium Ostfenster 1 St.Werburg.jpg

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date of death: 0700-00-00
name in native language: Wærburg
Commons category: Saint Werburga
date of birth: 0650-00-00

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==Life== Werburgh was born at Stone (now in Staffordshire), and was the daughter of King Wulfhere of Mercia (himself the Christian son of the pagan King Penda of Mercia) and his wife Ermenilda, herself daughter of the King of Kent. She obtained her father's consent to enter the Abbey of Ely, which had been founded by her great-aunt Etheldreda (or Audrey), the first Abbess of Ely and former queen of Northumbria, whose fame was widespread. Werburgh was trained at home by Chad (afterwards Bishop of Lichfield), and by her mother; and in the cloister by her aunt and grandmother. Werburgh was a nun for most of her life. During some of her life she was resident in Weedon Bec, Northamptonshire.