abbess
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St Abb
Submitted by Alison McCall on 19 July 2018 - 4:39pm
Revised: 19 July 2018 - 4:50pm — Alison McCall
Title:
Saint
Other names:
Her name is sometimes spelled as Aebbe
Dates:
c 615 - 683
Abb was an Anglo-Saxon princess, the daughter of King Aethelfrith of Bernicia and his wife Acha of Deira. She founded a monastry and nunnery. After her death various miracles were ascribed to her and she was canonised. Her feast day is 25 August.
Bega
Submitted by Alison McCall on 28 January 2016 - 2:53pm
Revised: 28 January 2016 - 3:08pm — Alison McCall
Title:
Saint
Dates:
C7th or C8th
Bega moved from County Down to join a religious community in Cumbria. The area in which she lived, St Bees, takes its name from her. She was one of the group led by St Aidan, and is believed to have deputised for Hilda of Whitby. Various place names in southern Scotland suggest that she travelled in this area.
