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Also known as

• Thecla of England
• Tecla….
• Heilga….

Memorial

• 15 October (Roman Martyrology)
• 28 September (diocese of Würzburg, Germany)

Profile

Benedictine nun at Wimborne Abbey, Dorset, England. Missionary to Germany, working with her relative, Saint Lioba of Bischofsheim, and Saint Boniface. Abbess of Ochsenfürt Abbey and then Kitzingen Abbey.

Born

• England

Died

• c.790 at Kitzingen Abbey, Germany of natural causes
• relics scattered by anti–Catholic forces in the Peasant’s War of 1524–1525

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

MLA Citation

• “Saint Thecla of Kitzingen“. CatholicSaints.Info. 31 May 2018. Web. 15 May 2024. <>