death_date death_place birth_place feast_day imagesize venerated_in article_title name
~ 790 ad germany southern britain 15 october 200px roman catholic church thecla of kitzingen
 saint thecla of kitzingen
thecla of kitzingen

saint thecla of kitzingen -lrb- `` tecla of england , heilga '' -rrb- -lrb- died ca. 790 ad -rrb- was a benedictine nun and abbess .
born in southern britain , thecla was a relative of saint lioba .
a nun of wimborne in dorset , thecla was sent by her abbess , tetta , to germany .
her mission was to assist st. boniface in his missionary work there .
thecla became a nun under lioba at tauberbischofsheim .
later , thecla became abbess of ochsenfurt .
she subsequently became abbess of kitzingen .
