Edith of Wilton was a 10th-century English saint and Benedictine nun who lived at Wilton Abbey. Born around 961 to King Edgar and Wulfthryth, she was raised within the monastic community where she received an extensive education. Despite her royal lineage, she dedicated her life to religious service, eventually serving as an abbess. She is noted for her refusal of both high ecclesiastical positions and the English throne, choosing instead a life of devotion. She died in 984 at the age of approximately 23.