LC control no. | no 89021688 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Frideswide, Saint, -735 |
Variant(s) | 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 |
Death date | 0735 |
Found in | Saint Frideswide, 1988 Ency. Amer. (Frideswide, Saint; d. 735; English abbess; feast is celeb. on Oct. 19; regarded as the patroness of Oxford Univ.) The New Century cyclopedia of names, 1954: p. 1648 (Frideswide or Fritheswith or Fredeswitha; d. possibly in 735; English saint; commem. on Oct. 19) The Cath. ency., 1909: v. 6, p. 303 (Frideswide (Frideswida; Fredeswida; Frévisse; Fris) Saint, virgin, patroness of Oxford; lived from about 650 to 735) Oxford DNB (Frithuswith (Frideswide), Saint, d. 727; abbess of Oxford, venerated as the local saint of Oxford by at least the tenth cent.) |
Invalid LCCN | no2005033151 |