Frithuswith | |
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Born | c. 650 upper Thames region |
Died | 19 October 727 Binsey, Oxford |
Venerated in | Anglicanism Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church |
Major shrine | Christ Church, Oxford |
Feast | 19 October 12 February (translation) 15 May (invention) |
Attributes | pastoral staff; a fountain; the ox |
Patronage | Oxford, England; University of Oxford |
Frithuswith, commonly Frideswide (Old English: Friðuswīþ; c. 650 – 19 October 727), was an English princess and abbess.[1] She is credited as the foundress of a monastery later incorporated into Christ Church, Oxford.[2] She was the daughter of a sub-king of a Mercia named Dida of Eynsham whose lands occupied western Oxfordshire and the upper reaches of the River Thames.[3]