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Description Wendreda, a virgin, was brought by Esinus (abbot of Ely) to Ely, where it was laid in a rich shrine most superbly ornamented with gold and precious stones." The remains were kept in a golden shrine in Ely Abbey (now Ely Cathedral) until 1016, when Edmund Ironside bought them and carried them into battle, in the hope that they would bring him victory against the Danes

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