Anna of East Anglia
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Anna was king of East Anglia from the early 640s until his death. He was a member of the Wuffingas family, the ruling dynasty of the East Angles, and one of the three sons of Eni who ruled the kingdom
Marshland around Blythburgh, near where Anna met his death
The Devil's Dyke, near Exning. Anna may have been at Exning in 631.
The ruins of Burgh Castle, the possible site of the monastery at Cnobheresburg, as depicted in 1845
A drawing of the writing-tablet found near a possible monastic site at Blythburgh
Æthelthryth
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Æthelthryth was an East Anglian princess, a Fenland and Northumbrian queen and Abbess of Ely. She is an Anglo-Saxon saint, and is also known as Etheldreda or Audrey, especially in religious contexts.
Anna of East Anglia
…praised by Bede for his devotion to Christianity and was renowned for the saintliness of his family: his son Jurmin and all his daughters – Seaxburh, Æthelthryth, Æthelburh and possibly a fourth, Wihtburh – were canonised. Little is known of Anna's life or his reign, as few records have survived from this period…
Saint Æthelthryth from Benedictional of St Æthelwold, 10 C British Library
Saint Etheldreda's statue in Ely Cathedral
Site of shrine in Ely Cathedral