Ositha

Ositha (pia:Osgyth, Osyth, Sythe na Othith; alifariki 700 hivi) alikuwa binti wa ukoo wa kifalme wa Mercia. 

Mzaliwa wa Quarrendon, Buckinghamshire alilelewa katika monasteri hukon Warwickshire chini ya mtakatifu Modwen akatamani kuwa abesi, lakini alilazimishwa na baba yake Mpagani kuolewa na mfalme Sighere wa Essex akamzalia mtoto wa kiume. 

Baadaye akaweka nadhiri za kimonaki akaanzisha monasteri huko Chich, Essex, akaiongoza hadi kifo chake ambacho kilihesabiwa kama kifodiniNote: "The stories of St. Edmund, St. Kenelm, St. Osgyth, and St. Sidwell in England, St. Denis in France, St. Melor and St. Winifred in Celtic territory, preserve the pattern and strengthen the link between legend and folklore," Beatrice White observes. (White 1972:123). White, Beatrice, "A Persistent Paradox" Folklore 83.2 (Summer 1972), pp. 122-131, at p. 123..

Tangu kale anaheshimiwa na Wakatoliki na Waanglikana kama mtakatifu.

Sikukuu yake huadhimisha tarehe 7 Oktoba. 

Tazama pia
Watakatifu wa Agano la Kale
Orodha ya Watakatifu Wakristo
Orodha ya Watakatifu wa Afrika
Orodha ya Watakatifu Wafransisko

Tanbihi

Marejeo
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age Britain.
Geoffrey of Burton's life of Modwenna includes material on Osgyth.
Bethell's "Lives of St. Osyth of Essex and St. Osyth of Aylesbury", Analecta Bollandiana 88 (1970).
Bailey, "Osyth, Frithuwold and Aylesbury" in Records of Buckinghamshire 31 (1989)
Hohler, "St Osyth and Aylesbury", Records of Buckinghamshire 18.1 (1966).

Viungo vya nje
St. Osyth, Essex: Official Site: "About St. Osyth" has some historical detail
Picturesque England: St. Osyth's priory, with details of her legend (text)
Britannia.com "Lives" 
St Osyth's Spring  Animated and Narrated Edition of the St Osyth Story
 Alban Butler, Lives of the Saints. St Osyth, martyr

Category:Waliofariki 700
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