Saint Æthelburh of Wilton

Alburga, or Æthelburh (died c. 810), was a princess of Wessex and later abbess of Wilton Abbey near Salisbury. She is a saint in the Catholic Church, with her feast day on December 25. She is also venerated in the Western Orthodox Church on December 25 (January 7). Alburga was the daughter of King Ealhmund of Kent and the sister of King Egbert of Wessex. Her piety was evident from an early age. She married Wulfstan, Ealdorman of Wiltshire, as part of a political alliance. Before her marriage, she had founded a monastery at Wilton. Following the death of her husband in 802, Alburga retired to this monastery and became its abbess.