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Saint Kyneburga of Castor

Also known as

  • Cyneburgh
  • Cyneburga

Memorial

  • 6 March

Profile

Daughter of Pendra of Mercia, a fierce opponent of Christianity. Sister of Saint Kyneswide. Relative of Saint Tibba. Benedictine nun. Founder and abbess of Dormancaster (now Castor) abbey in Northamptonshire, England.

Born

  • in northern England

Died

  • c.680 of natural causes
  • relics at Petersburough abbey

Canonized

  • Pre-Congregation
Additional Information

  • Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
  • Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
  • books

    • Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
  • other sites in english

    • Catholic Online
    • Celtic Saints
    • Celtic Saints
    • Wikipedia

MLA Citation

  • “Saint Kyneburga of Castor“. CatholicSaints.Info. 5 March 2010. Web. 21 April 2018. <>

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