Æbbe of Coldingham

Æbbe, also called Tabbs, (c.615 – 683) was an Anglian abbess 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.


Æbbe the Elder
Abbess
Bornc.615
Northumbria
Died683 (aged 6768)
Coldingham, Scotland
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Church of England
CanonizedPre-Congregation
Feast25 August
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