Eadburh (; also Edburga, Edburg; born 921/924, died 15 June 951/953) was the daughter of King Edward the Elder of England and his third wife, Eadgifu of Kent. She lived most of her life as a nun known for her singing ability. Most of the information about her comes from hagiographies written several centuries after her life. She was canonised twelve years after her death and there are a small number of churches dedicated to her, most of which are located near Worcestershire, where she lived. Life In the twelfth century, a Latin Life of her was written by Osbert de Clare, who became prior of Westminster in 1136. The account by Osbert was commissioned in c. 1120 by the monks of Pershore Abbey in Worcestershire because they wanted the accounts they possessed of her life to be better organized; as Osbert put it, "her deeds seemed woven together in a confused expression". Scholar Katie Ann-Marie Bugyis stated that the nuns of Westminster had probably commissioned Osbert to write a biography of Eadburh for their use previously. According to Osbert, at the age of three, Eadburh was given as an oblate to the Queen Mother Ealhswith's foundation of St Mary's Abbey, Winchester (Nunnaminster). There Eadburh was educated and remained as a nun for the rest of her life. Osbert also reported that perhaps because of her excellence in the practice of sung prayer, she was assigned the role of precentrix at Westminster, although scholar Susan Ridyard has questioned the historical validity of Osbert's claim, stating that he might have meant that she loved singing so much that it seemed that she was like a precentrix. Bugyis, however, insisted that Osbert's descriptions of Eadburh's duties fit the responsibilities of both cantor and sacristan duties. In Osbert's Life, he presented what Bugyis called "the most comprehensive, though admittingly idealized, depiction" of Eadburgh's musical abilities and leadership. He describes her devotion and commitment to the performance of the Divine Office in his chapter about her patience.

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Eadburh (; also Edburga, Edburg; born 921/924, died 15 June 951/953) was the daughter of King Edward the Elder of England and his third wife, Eadgifu of Kent. She lived most of her life as a nun known for her singing ability. Most of the information about her comes from hagiographies written several centuries after her life. She was canonised twelve years after her death and there are a small number of churches dedicated to her, most of which are located near Worcestershire, where she lived.

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Eadburh (; also Edburga, Edburg; born 921/924, died 15 June 951/953) was the daughter of King Edward the Elder of England and his third wife, Eadgifu of Kent. She lived most of her life as a nun known for her singing ability. Most of the information about her comes from hagiographies written several centuries after her life. She was canonised twelve years after her death and there are a small number of churches dedicated to her, most of which are located near Worcestershire, where she lived. Life In the twelfth century, a Latin Life of her was written by Osbert de Clare, who became prior of Westminster in 1136. The account by Osbert was commissioned in c. 1120 by the monks of Pershore Abbey in Worcestershire because they wanted the accounts they possessed of her life to be better organized; as Osbert put it, "her deeds seemed woven together in a confused expression". Scholar Katie Ann-Marie Bugyis stated that the nuns of Westminster had probably commissioned Osbert to write a biography of Eadburh for their use previously. According to Osbert, at the age of three, Eadburh was given as an oblate to the Queen Mother Ealhswith's foundation of St Mary's Abbey, Winchester (Nunnaminster). There Eadburh was educated and remained as a nun for the rest of her life. Osbert also reported that perhaps because of her excellence in the practice of sung prayer, she was assigned the role of precentrix at Westminster, although scholar Susan Ridyard has questioned the historical validity of Osbert's claim, stating that he might have meant that she loved singing so much that it seemed that she was like a precentrix. Bugyis, however, insisted that Osbert's descriptions of Eadburh's duties fit the responsibilities of both cantor and sacristan duties. In Osbert's Life, he presented what Bugyis called "the most comprehensive, though admittingly idealized, depiction" of Eadburgh's musical abilities and leadership. He describes her devotion and commitment to the performance of the Divine Office in his chapter about her patience.

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