faints of SSIimbornr. 



By Rev. J. M. J. FLETCHER, M.A. 



ST. CUTHBUEGA. 



NNO 718. " This year Ingild the brother of Ina 

 died, and their sisters were Cwenburga and 

 Cuthburga. And Cuthburga built the monastery 

 of Wimburn ; and she was given in marriage 

 to Aldfrid king of the Northumbrians ; but 

 they separated during his lifetime." So writes 

 the Anglo Saxon Chronicler. 



The Foundress Mother of the Monastery at 

 Wimborne was the saintly Cuthburga,* to 

 whom the present stately Minster in that town is dedicated. 

 By birth, as well as by residence during the greater 

 part of her life she belongs to Wessex. A descendant 

 in the direct line from Cerdic, and through him from 

 Odin, she was the daughter of Kenred, who apparently 



* Acta Sanctorum, Ord. S. Benedict. Ssec. III. Vol. I., p. 447. 

 (Paris. Billaine. 1672). 



