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Frideswide, Saint, -735

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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no89021688

Variants

Fredeswida, Saint, -735
Fredeswitha, Saint, -735
Frévisse, Saint, -735
Frideswida, Saint, -735
Frideswide, Saint, d. 735
Fris, Saint, -735
Fritheswith, Saint, -735
Frithuswith, Saint, -735

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http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/no89021688

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Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cno+89021688#skos:Concept

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

Frideswide, Saint, -735
Frideswide, Saint, d 735
Frithuswith Label from public data source Wikidata

Earlier Established Forms

Frideswide, Saint, d. 735

Sources

found: Saint Frideswide, 1988

found: Ency. Amer.(Frideswide, Saint; d. 735; English abbess; feast is celeb. on Oct. 19; regarded as the patroness of Oxford Univ.)

found: The New Century cyclopedia of names, 1954:p. 1648 (Frideswide or Fritheswith or Fredeswitha; d. possibly in 735; English saint; commem. on Oct. 19)

found: The Cath. ency., 1909:v. 6, p. 303 (Frideswide (Frideswida; Fredeswida; Frévisse; Fris) Saint, virgin, patroness of Oxford; lived from about 650 to 735)

found: Oxford DNB(Frithuswith (Frideswide), Saint, d. 727; abbess of Oxford, venerated as the local saint of Oxford by at least the tenth cent.)

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Change Notes

1989-12-28: new
2013-03-07: revised

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