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Etheldreda, St

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Etheldreda, St (or St Audrey) (c. 630–c. 679)

British abbess and founder of the Benedictine house of Ely. She was married twice, her second husband being Oswy, king of Northumbria. She preferred the religious life, and neither marriage was consummated. After 12 years she obtained Oswy's consent to become a nun. She was also known by the name of St Audrey, the origin of the present word tawdry, originally applied to a cheap kind of lace purchased at St Audrey's Fair.



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