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Æbbe of Coldingham
saint
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Feast: 25 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
683
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Æbbe, also called Tabbs, (c. 615 – 683) was an Orthodox Abess and noblewoman. She was the daughter of Æthelfrith, king of Bernicia from c. 593 to 616. She founded monasteries at Ebchester and St Abb's Head near Coldingham in Scotland.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Oswald of Northumbria Saint Brother or sister
- Æbbe the Younger Saint“Saint Æbbe of Coldingham (also Ebbe, Aebbe, Abb), also known as Æbbe the Younger, (died 2 April 870) was an Abbess of Coldingham Priory in south-east Scotland.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Stanton, A Menology of England and Wales — 'The foundress of this monastery was St. Ebba the elder, sister of the Kings St. Oswald and Oswy' — Æbbe of Coldingham; feast 25 August.
- Wikidata Q3717838 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Æbbe of Coldingham (CC BY-SA)
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