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Christina of Markyate
St Alban's Psalter Psalm 105 initial | |
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 Image from St. Alban's Psalter thought to portray Christina of Markyate (opening of Psalm 105, p. 285) |
Christina of Markyate was born with the name Theodora in Huntingdon, England, about 1096–1098 and died about 1155. She was an anchoress, who came from a wealthy English family trying to accommodate with the Normans at that time.[1] She later became the prioress of a community of nuns.
- ^ Karras, Ruth Mazo (1988). "Friendship and Love in the Lives of Two Twelfth-Century English Saints". Journal of Medieval History. 14 (4): 306. doi:10.1016/0304-4181(88)90030-9.
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