She may have been a character specifically created by the religious community at Ely, where her remains were supposed to have been taken after being stolen from Dereham and subsequently used as visual proof of the incorruptibility of a saint's body, a substitute for her sister Æthelthryth, whose body had to remain unexamined in her tomb.
Pode ser un personaxe creado especificamente pola comunidade relixiosa de Ely, onde repousaron os seus restos tras ser roubados de Dereham e usados posteriormente como proba visual da incorruptibilidade do corpo dun santo, substituta da súa irmá Etheldreda, cuxo corpo debía permanecer na súa tumba sen examinar.