Tortgith of Barking

Today is the feast of Saint Timothy and Saint Titus…but it is also the feast of:

Saint Tortgith of Barking

Also known as
Thordgith
Theoregitha

memorial
26 January

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Our saint was a Benedictine nun at the abbey where St. Ethilburga was the abbess. Sister Barking was put in charge of the young nuns; the novices. Saint Ethilburga probably had to break up the disrupted meetings when the young nuns made fun of the fact that their leader was named “Barking”.

Died
c.700