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Saint Abb's Head

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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Virgin, abbess, died 683. She was the daughter of King Ethelfrith and sister of Saint Oswald and Oswy, King of the Northumbrians. She founded the convent of Ebchester, and the monastery for men and women at Coldingham, Berwickshire, where, as abbess, she became the spiritual guide of Saint Etheldreda. The promontory of Saint Abb's Head, Berwickshire, is named after her. Feast, August 25,.

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Entry for 'Saint Abb's Head'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​s/saint-abbs-head.html. 1910.
 
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