Hilda out-of Whitby

Hilda (l. 614-680) are an excellent noblewoman during the early days of brand new Empire out of Northumbria which chose a longevity of piety and dedication to one from the judge. She flower out-of inexperienced so you can abbess away from the woman acquisition and created Whitby Abbey, hence turned into a center to possess reading and you will culture. Hilda is actually a ready administrator exactly who took proper care of the many components of running new sizeable property of the abbey however, try constantly readily available for counsel and you can reassurance. She’s referred to as patron saint out of poets for motivating the fresh shepherd Caedmon to write his well-known hymn, the latest eldest extant sexy iranian women poem when you look at the Old English. (more…)