Etheldreda of Ely

Venerable

Commemorated June 23

Our venerable Mother Etheldreda of Ely, also Ethelthrith, Audrey, and Æthelthryth, was the third and most renowned of the saintly daughters of King Anna of East Anglia in seventh century Anglo-Saxon England. She founded and was the abbess of Ely Abbey. Her feast day is June 23.