Saint Ethelgiva of Shaftesbury
Also known as
• Æthelgifu of Shaftesbury
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• 9 December
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Our saint today was a beautiful princess, who became a Nun. With her father’s help, King Alfred the Great, she founded and served as first abbess of Shaftesbury Abbey in Dorset, England.
In London my favourite street is named Shaftesbury Avenue (Near Covent Garden and the British Museum, the Pasty Place closed I'm told). My favourite Underground line is still the Jubilee line though……and my favourite Underground Station? Goodge Street, …..but I digress
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