Obligatory and Optional Memorials of Saints for September 12
- Ailbhe, bishop;
- Eanswida, virgin;
- Guy of Anderlecht
St. Eanswida (d. ca. 640 A.D.) was the daughter of a King of Kent. When her father wanted to have her married to a pagan Northumbrian prince, she resisted. But with her father's consent, she founded a convent near Folkestone, Kent, in 630 A.D. She spent the rest of her life there in prayer and penance.
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