- Leoba, OSB (also
Lioba and
Leofgyth) (c. 710 – 28
September 782) was an Anglo-Saxon
Benedictine nun and is
recognized as a saint. In 746 she and others...
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feminine names liub, leof desirable,
friendly Y Leofric, Leofwine, Leofwynn,
Leofgyth liuti people Y Liutger/Leodegar, Luther, Lutold; Liutgard, Leudwinus/Liutwin...
- Cunuche, with 19 households. The
entry mentions a
woman of the
manor called Leofgyth "who made gold
embroideries for the king and
queen and
still does so"....
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still venerated today as
Saint Leoba. Leoba,
whose Anglo-Saxon name was
Leofgyth, was
brought up in the
convents at
Minster in Kent and
Wimborne Minster...
