Saint Hilda of Whitby

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7th-century English person Anglo-Saxon noblewoman Christian saint abbess founder of monastery

Saint Hilda of Whitby was a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon abbess and influential church leader who founded the double monastery at Whitby and played a key role in the Synod of Whitby.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Saint Hilda of Whitby canonical 4
Hilda of Whitby 3
Saint Hild 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 7th-century English person ⓘ
Anglo-Saxon noblewoman ⓘ
Christian saint ⓘ
abbess ⓘ
founder of monastery ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Hild ⓘ
surface form: Hild of Whitby

Saint Hilda of Whitby ⓘ
surface form: Saint Hild
associatedWith Deira ⓘ
Hartlepool ⓘ
Whitby ⓘ
birthPlace Northumbria ⓘ
birthYear 614 ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 7th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Northumbria ⓘ
deathDate 680-11-17 ⓘ
deathPlace Whitby ⓘ
deathYear 680 ⓘ
denomination Celtic Christianity ⓘ
late Roman Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Roman Christianity
describedIn Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
era Early Middle Ages ⓘ
feastDay November 17 ⓘ
founded Whitby Abbey ⓘ
double monastery at Whitby ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasPlaceOfBurial Whitby Abbey ⓘ
influenced Cædmon ⓘ
knownFor encouraging the poet Cædmon ⓘ
hosting the Synod of Whitby ⓘ
promoting learning and scholarship ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Old English ⓘ
memberOf Bernician dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Northumbrian royal family
monasticRole leader of a double monastery ⓘ
notableEvent conversion to Christianity in Northumbria ⓘ
parent Saint Oswald ⓘ
surface form: Hereric of Deira
patronage Whitby ⓘ
culture ⓘ
learning ⓘ
playedKeyRoleIn Synod of Whitby ⓘ
positionHeld abbess of Hartlepool ⓘ
abbess of Whitby ⓘ
region Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
sibling Hereswith ⓘ
veneratedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hilda → hasNotableBearer → Saint Hilda of Whitby ⓘ
College of St Hild and St Bede → namedAfter → Saint Hilda of Whitby ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Hild of Whitby
Saint Hilda of Whitby → alsoKnownAs → Saint Hilda of Whitby ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Hild
St Hilda’s Church, Ashford → namedAfter → Saint Hilda of Whitby ⓘ
King Oswiu of Northumbria → contemporary → Saint Hilda of Whitby ⓘ
subject surface form: Oswiu of Northumbria
this entity surface form: Hilda of Whitby
Synod of Whitby → participant → Saint Hilda of Whitby ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hilda of Whitby
Synod of Whitby → hostedBy → Saint Hilda of Whitby ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hilda of Whitby
St Hilda’s College → namedAfter → Saint Hilda of Whitby ⓘ
St Hilda's School → namedAfter → Saint Hilda of Whitby ⓘ