A History of Ely Place : of Its Ancient Sanctuary And of St. Etheldreda, Its Titular Saint : a Guide for Visitors
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In a green shady meadow just outside the village, surrounded by giant elms, are still to be seen the five springs and the clear purling brook in which the future Queen and Saint was baptised by St. Felix, the First Bishop of Dun- wich. When she grew up she was, with much reluct- ance on her part, married to Tonbert, a prince of East Anglia, who bestowed upon her the Isle of Elge, or Ely, as her dowry. However, the pious princess, who was greatly honoured and reverenced by her husband for her si...ngular sanctity, obtained from him after the marriage his formal consent to her taking a vow of virginity during their union. Two years later, in 654, her father Anna was killed in battle with Penda, the powerful King of Mercia. A year later her husband Tonbert died, and the widowed princess retired to her demesne at Ely, evidently intending to devote the remainder of her life solely to religion. Her pious mother, St. Hereswyda, had already retired to the convent of Chelles, near Paris. Her three sisters also, St.
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In a green shady meadow just outside the village, surrounded by giant elms, are still to be seen the five springs and the clear purling brook in which the future Queen and Saint was baptised by St. Felix, the First Bishop of Dun- wich. When she grew up she was, with much reluct- ance on her part, married to Tonbert, a prince of East Anglia, who bestowed upon her the Isle of Elge, or Ely, as her dowry. However, the pious princess, who was greatly honoured and reverenced by her husband for her si...ngular sanctity, obtained from him after the marriage his formal consent to her taking a vow of virginity during their union. Two years later, in 654, her father Anna was killed in battle with Penda, the powerful King of Mercia. A year later her husband Tonbert died, and the widowed princess retired to her demesne at Ely, evidently intending to devote the remainder of her life solely to religion. Her pious mother, St. Hereswyda, had already retired to the convent of Chelles, near Paris. Her three sisters also, St.
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