Founded a Monastery at Dereham in Norfolk
Withburga was one of the four daughters of the devout Christian King, Onna of East Anglia.
Onna was killed in battle against Penda of Mercia, and after her father’s death Withburga went to Dereham in Norfolk where she gathered a few young girls and started a small convent.
She eventually built a church and the story goes that not having much nourishment to give to the workers, Our Lady appeared to her telling her to send two nuns to the stream where they would find two does that could be milked.
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