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Wilton Abbey

Wilton Abbey

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Oct 12, 2026

speaker_0HOST
43:20
The only real clue is the name itself, but in England at the time, it wasn't especially rare moniker, and several women called Aelfgyra, I'm probably mispronouncing that, appear in the historical record.
speaker_0HOST
43:35
One candidate is the sister of Harold, who became abbess of Wilton Abbey, an important nunnery in Wiltshire.
speaker_0HOST
43:46
This particular Aelfgyra was reputedly blinded by an accident, and her sight miraculously restored by one of Wilson's former residents, Saint Edith.
speaker_0HOST
44:00
That could explain why a tonsured cleric is depicted in the tapestry touching the woman's eyes, seemingly in reference to healing miracle.

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