Christina of Markyate

St Alban's Psalter Psalm 105 initial
St Alban's Psalter Psalm 105 initial
	Image from St. Alban's Psalter thought to portray Christina of Markyate (opening of Psalm 105, p. 285)

Christina of Markyate was born with the name Theodora in Huntingdon, England, about 1096–1098 and died about 1155. She was an anchoress, who came from a wealthy English family trying to accommodate with the Normans at that time. She later became the prioress of a community of nuns.

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