They tell the story of a teenage girl in medieval Britain who navigates court politics, intermittent war, and a shifting religious landscape on her journey to becoming Saint Hilda of Whitby ...

St Hilda of Whitby taught theology to five men who later became bishops. "Moreover, the female abbesses also voted at Church Synods. St Hilda was host to the famous Synod of Whitby which sought to ...

After years in Protestant churches, I found in Catholicism a deeper tradition, a firmer foundation, and a call to holiness I couldn’t ignore. Westminster Cathedral in London is the mother church ...

In 657 she founded an abbey at Whitby housing both monks and nuns. Renowned for her wisdom, learning and concern for common people, Hilda has been venerated as a saint. Hilda is the modern form of ...

The Lord granted a great future to this foundation. St. Hilda's Church in Whitby St. Caedmon's Cross in Whitby These lands obtained by Hilda could not boast of picturesque scenery. On one side of the ...

From left, Saint Eugenia, Julian of Norwich and Hilda of Whitby are among the women being resurrected by literature. Credit: Alamy, Getty Images The quarrels of popes and kings, with wars or ...

Step number one was funded by the Co-operative Society, and 199 by St Hilda's Priory, Whitby. The first move towards the restoration work had started with a survey which cost £22,000.

“To figure out how she could become the woman that we know today as Hilda Whitby ... who founded the Whitby monastery and was later made a saint. “I had to make a whole world and then grow ...