Ely Cathedral
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Ely Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.
Ely Cathedral from the southeast
Norman Arcade in the nave
The nave with its painted ceiling
The west front and Galilee Porch
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.
Ely Cathedral
…Ely, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. The cathedral can trace its origin to the abbey founded in Ely in 672 by St Æthelthryth (also called Etheldreda). The earliest parts of the present building date to 1083, and it was granted cathedral status in 1109. Until the Reformation…
Saint Æthelthryth from Benedictional of St Æthelwold, 10 C British Library
Saint Etheldreda's statue in Ely Cathedral
Site of shrine in Ely Cathedral