Singing the Song: a calendar of holy people associated with the Diocese of Ely
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Wendreda
Commemoration

Little is known about Wendreda. She was an Anglian saint, known at March. Her relics were translated to Ely Cathedral, but were carried into battle at Ashingdon, in Essex, on 18 October 1016, where the army of Canute defeated the English under Edmund ‘Ironside’. Captured by Canute, they were given by him to Canterbury Cathedral. The ancient parish church of March is dedicated to her. There is no trace of any liturgical cult.

If celebrated as a Lesser Festival, Common of Religious, EH page 494

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