Hilda of Whitby was a Christian virgin and Saint of the Roman Catholic Church. She was the founder and first Abbess of the Monastery at Whitby. An important figure in the Christianisation of Anglo-Saxon England, she was Abbess in several convents and recognised for the wisdom that drew Kings to her for advice.
She was the second daughter of Hereric, nephew of Edwin, King of Deira and his wife, Breguswīþ.
In the Roman Catholic Church the Feast Day of Saint Hilda is 17 November. In the Church of England it is 19 November.
Legend tells of a plague of snakes which Hilda turned to stone, supposedly explaining the presence of ammonite fossils on the shore. It was not unknown for local "artisans" to carve snakes' heads onto ammonites, and sell these "relics" as proof of her miracle. The ammonite genus Hildoceras takes its scientific name from St. Hilda. Three such 'snakestones', and depictions of ammonites appear in the shield of the University of Durham's College of St Hild and St Bede.
Hilda of Whitby died at Whitby Abbey.
C.Smith
She was the second daughter of Hereric, nephew of Edwin, King of Deira and his wife, Breguswīþ.
In the Roman Catholic Church the Feast Day of Saint Hilda is 17 November. In the Church of England it is 19 November.
Legend tells of a plague of snakes which Hilda turned to stone, supposedly explaining the presence of ammonite fossils on the shore. It was not unknown for local "artisans" to carve snakes' heads onto ammonites, and sell these "relics" as proof of her miracle. The ammonite genus Hildoceras takes its scientific name from St. Hilda. Three such 'snakestones', and depictions of ammonites appear in the shield of the University of Durham's College of St Hild and St Bede.
Hilda of Whitby died at Whitby Abbey.
C.Smith
Hilda of Whitby was a Christian virgin and Saint of the Roman Catholic Church. She was the founder and first Abbess of the Monastery at Whitby. An important figure in the Christianisation of Anglo-Saxon England, she was Abbess in several convents and recognised for the wisdom that drew Kings to her for advice.
She was the second daughter of Hereric, nephew of Edwin, King of Deira and his wife, Breguswīþ.
In the Roman Catholic Church the Feast Day of Saint Hilda is 17 November. In the Church of England it is 19 November.
Legend tells of a plague of snakes which Hilda turned to stone, supposedly explaining the presence of ammonite fossils on the shore. It was not unknown for local "artisans" to carve snakes' heads onto ammonites, and sell these "relics" as proof of her miracle. The ammonite genus Hildoceras takes its scientific name from St. Hilda. Three such 'snakestones', and depictions of ammonites appear in the shield of the University of Durham's College of St Hild and St Bede.
Hilda of Whitby died at Whitby Abbey.
C.Smith
She was the second daughter of Hereric, nephew of Edwin, King of Deira and his wife, Breguswīþ.
In the Roman Catholic Church the Feast Day of Saint Hilda is 17 November. In the Church of England it is 19 November.
Legend tells of a plague of snakes which Hilda turned to stone, supposedly explaining the presence of ammonite fossils on the shore. It was not unknown for local "artisans" to carve snakes' heads onto ammonites, and sell these "relics" as proof of her miracle. The ammonite genus Hildoceras takes its scientific name from St. Hilda. Three such 'snakestones', and depictions of ammonites appear in the shield of the University of Durham's College of St Hild and St Bede.
Hilda of Whitby died at Whitby Abbey.
C.Smith
Advertisement
Advertisement
