Christian feast day: Æbbe of Coldingham

Æbbe of Coldingham

Anglian abbess and saint (c. 615–683)

Æbbe, also called Tabbs, 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.