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Etheldreda

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

A Saxon princess, whose name, shortened into St. Audrey, was given to a certain kind of lace, whence "tawdry"; she took refuge from the married state in the monastery of St. Abb's Head, and afterwards founded a monastery in the Isle of Ely (630-679).

Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Etheldreda'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​e/etheldreda.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.