The story of Etheldreda is very interesting. You can read about her on the Ely Cathedral website. Etheldreda became a nun at Coldingham under her aunt Ebbe (672) and founded a double monastery at Ely in 673. Etheldreda restored an old church at Ely, reputedly destroyed by Penda, pagan king of the Mercians, and built her monastery on the site of what is now Ely Cathedral. Etheldreda's monastery flourished for 200 years until it was destroyed by the Danes. It was refounded as a Benedictine community in 970. It is so hard to imagine the building in Europe that are several times older than our country!
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