The heathen English called March Rhedmonath after their goddess Rheda, to whom they made sacrifices in that month. Bede gave this in his account of the old English months, before the conversion. His is the only record of the goddess, whose name is usually given today as Hretha.
Rhedmonath and the goddess Rheda
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Rhed-monath a Dea illorum Rheda, cui in illo sacrificabant, nominatur
From Bede's De Temporum Ratione, ch. 15, ed. Giles, vol. 6, p. 179. Read the original
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