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{{Infobox saint
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| death_date = {{death year and age|683|615}}
| feast_day = 25 August
| venerated_in = [[Roman Catholic Church]] <br> [[Church of England]]
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| birth_place = [[Northumbria]]
| death_place = [[Coldingham]], [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]]
| titles = [[Abbess]]
| canonized_date = [[Pre-Congregation]]▼
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'''Æbbe''', also called ''' Tabbs''',<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.bartleby.com/210/8/253.html|accessdate=2021-05-23 |chapter=St. Ebba, or Tabbs, Virgin and Abbess |author=Rev. Alban Butler (1711–73) |volume=VIII: August. |title=The Lives of the Saints |year=1866}}</ref> (
==Life==
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Edwin took refuge in the court of [[Rædwald of East Anglia|King Rædwald]] of [[Kingdom of East Anglia|East Anglia]], and with his support in 616, raised an army against Æthelfrith. Edwin's forces defeated and killed Æthelfrith, and Edwin gained the throne of Bernicia and Deira. The kingdom was no longer safe for Æthelfrith's children, as they presented potential rival claims to Edwin's rule. Æbbe fled north with her mother and brothers to exile in the court of [[Eochaid Buide]] of [[Dál Riata]]. It was during this time of exile in western [[Scotland]] that she and her brothers were converted to [[Christianity]].<ref name=dig>[https://projects.digventures.com/coldingham-priory/background/saint-aebbe-the-elder/ "Princess Aebbe", DigVentures]</ref>
===Life as Abbess===
While the sons of Æthelfrith always represented a threat to Edwin, he was finally deposed by an alliance of the [[Mercia]]n King [[Penda of Mercia|Penda]] and the Welsh king [[Cadwallon ap Cadfan|Cadwallon]]. They raised an army against Edwin and killed him in battle in 633. Eanfrith, eldest son of Æthelfrith, and Æbbe's half-brother, returned as King of Bernicia, however the alliance proved short-lived and he was later killed by Cadwallon. The year following, Æthelfrith's son [[Oswald of Northumbria|Oswald]] returned and drove the invaders from both Bernicia and Deira, thus establishing himself on the throne of [[Kingdom of Northumbria|Northumbria]]. He was however defeated and killed in battle in 642 by Penda, and was succeeded as king by his brother [[Oswiu]].
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==Archeology==
The remains of a possible monastery at Coldingham was discovered near Coldingham Priory (a historical house for Benedictine monks), according to the announcement on
==See also==
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