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Saint Æbbe of Coldingham
Born	Unknown
Died	April 2, 870 Coldingham Monastery, Scotland
Canonized	Pre-Congregation
Feast	April 2

For the earlier Abbess of Coldingham, see Æbbe the Elder.

Saint Æbbe of Coldingham [also Ebbe, Aebbe, Abb], also known as "Æbbe the Younger", (died 870) was an Abbess of Coldingham Priory in south-east Scotland.^[1]

Like many of her fellow female saints of Anglo-Saxon England, little is known about her life.^[2] She presided over the Benedictine Abbey at Coldingham.^[3]

She is best known for an act of self-mutilation to avoid rape by Viking invaders: according to a ninth-century chronicle, she took a razor and cut off her nose in front of the nuns, who followed her example.^[4] Their appearance so disgusted the invaders that the women were saved from rape but not from death, as the Danes soon returned and set fire to the convent, killing Æbbe and her entire community.^[5] It has been suggested that this is the origin of the saying cutting off the nose to spite the face.

References

^ Farmer, David (2011). The Oxford Dictionary of Saints. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-19-959660-7.
^ Pulsiano, Phillip (1999). "Blessed Bodies: The Vitae of Anglo-Saxon Female Saints". Parergon. 16 (2): 6. doi:10.1353/pgn.1999.0008. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
^ Barret, OSB, Michael. “Saint Ebba, Virgin and Abbess, and her Companions, Martyrs, A.D. 870”. The Calendar of Scottish Saints, 1919
^ Bartlett, Anne Clark (1995). Male Authors, Female Readers: Representation and Subjectivity in Middle English Devotional Literature. Cornell UP. p. 39. ISBN 9780801430381. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
^ Horner, Shari (1994). "Spiritual Truth and Sexual Violence: The Old English Juliana, Anglo-Saxon Nuns, and the Discourse of Female Monastic Enclosure". Signs. 19 (3): 658–75. doi:10.1086/494916.

External links

St. Abbs Community Website
St Ebba and Coldingham Priory Website
Project Continua: Biography of Aebbe the Younger Project Continua is a web-based multimedia resource dedicated to the creation and preservation of women’s intellectual history from the earliest surviving evidence into the 21st Century.

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British / Welsh	Aldate of Oxford Barloc of Norbury Brannoc of Braunton Branwalator of Milton Credan of Evesham Congar of Congresbury Dachuna of Bodmin Decuman of Watchet Elfin of Warrington Ivo of Ramsey Judoc of Winchester Melorius of Amesbury Nectan of Hartland Neot of Cornwall Patrick of Glastonbury Rumon of Tavistock Samson of Dol Sativola of Exeter
East Anglian	Æthelberht of East Anglia Æthelburh of Faremoutiers Æthelflæd of Ramsey Æthelthryth of Ely Æthelwine of Lindsey Athwulf of Thorney Blida of Martham Botwulf of Thorney Cissa of Crowland Cuthbald of Peterborough Eadmund of East Anglia Eadnoth of Ramsey Guthlac of Crowland Herefrith of Thorney Hiurmine of Blythburgh Huna of Thorney Pega of Peakirk Seaxburh of Ely Sigeberht of East Anglia Tancred of Thorney Torthred of Thorney Tova of Thorney Walstan of Bawburgh Wendreda Wihtburh of Ely Wulfric of Holme
East Saxon	Æthelburh of Barking Hildelith of Barking Osgyth Sæbbi of London
Frisian, Frankish and Old Saxon	Balthild of Romsey Bertha of Kent Felix of Dommoc Helier of Jersey Grimbald of St Bertin Monegunda of Watton Odwulf of Evesham Wulfram of Grantham
Irish and Scottish	Aidan of Lindisfarne Boisil of Melrose Echa of Crayke Ultan the Scribe Indract of Glastonbury Maildub of Malmesbury
Kentish	Æbbe of Thanet (Domne Eafe) Æthelberht of Kent Æthelburh of Kent Æthelred of Kent Albinus of Canterbury Berhtwald of Canterbury Deusdedit of Canterbury Edburga of Minster-in-Thanet Eanswith of Folkestone Eormengyth of Thanet Mildrith of Thanet Nothhelm of Canterbury Sigeburh of Thanet
Mercian	Ælfnoth of Stowe Ælfthryth of Crowland Æthelberht of Bedford Æthelmod of Leominster Æthelred of Mercia Æthelwynn of Sodbury Aldwyn of Coln Beonna of Breedon Beorhthelm of Stafford Coenwulf of Mercia Cotta of Breedon Credan of Evesham Cyneburh of Castor Cyneburh of Gloucester Cynehelm of Winchcombe Cyneswith of Peterborough Eadburh of Bicester Eadburh of Pershore Eadburh of Southwell Eadgyth of Aylesbury Eadweard of Maugersbury Ealdgyth of Stortford Earconwald of London Egwin of Evesham Freomund of Mercia Frithuric of Breedon Frithuswith of Oxford Frithuwold of Chertsey Hæmma of Leominster Merefin Mildburh of Wenlock Mildgyth Mildrith of Thanet Milred of Worcester Oda of Canterbury Oswald of Worcester Osburh of Coventry Regenhere of Northampton Rumbold of Buckingham Tibba of Ryhall Werburgh of Chester Wærstan Wigstan of Repton Wulfhild of Barking
Northumbrian	Acca of Hexham Æbbe "the Elder" of Coldingham Æbbe "the Younger" of Coldingham Ælfflæd of Whitby Ælfwald of Northumbria Æthelburh of Hackness Æthelgyth of Coldingham Æthelsige of Ripon Æthelwold of Farne Æthelwold of Lindisfarne Alchhild of Middleham Alchmund of Hexham Alkmund of Derby Balthere of Tyningham Beda of Jarrow Bega of Copeland Benedict Biscop Bercthun of Beverley Billfrith of Lindisfarne Bosa of York Botwine of Ripon Ceadda of Lichfield Cedd of Lichfield Ceolfrith of Monkwearmouth Ceolwulf of Northumbria Cuthbert of Durham Dryhthelm of Melrose Eadberht of Lindisfarne Eadfrith of Leominster Eadfrith of Lindisfarne Eadwine of Northumbria Ealdberht of Ripon Eanmund Eardwulf of Northumbria Eata of Hexham Ecgberht of Ripon Eoda Eosterwine of Monkwearmouth Hilda of Whitby Hyglac Iwig of Wilton John of Beverley Osana of Howden Osthryth of Bardney Oswald of Northumbria Oswine of Northumbria Sicgred of Ripon Sigfrith of Monkwearmouth Tatberht of Ripon Wihtberht of Ripon Wilfrith of Hexham Wilfrith II Wilgils of Ripon
Roman	Augustine of Canterbury Firmin of North Crawley Birinus of Dorchester Blaise Florentius of Peterborough Hadrian of Canterbury Honorius of Canterbury James the Deacon Justus of Canterbury Laurence of Canterbury Mellitus of Canterbury Paulinus of York Peter of Canterbury Theodore of Canterbury
South Saxon	Cuthflæd of Lyminster Cuthmann of Steyning Lewina of Bishopstone
West Saxon	Æbbe of Abingdon Ælfgar of Selwood Ælfgifu of Exeter Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury Ælfheah of Canterbury Ælfheah of Winchester Æthelflæd of Romsey Æthelgar of Canterbury Æthelnoth of Canterbury Æthelwine of Athelney Æthelwold of Winchester Aldhelm of Sherborne Benignus of Glastonbury Beocca of Chertsey Beorhthelm of Shaftesbury Beornstan of Winchester Beornwald of Bampton Centwine of Wessex Cuthburh of Wimborn Cwenburh of Wimborne Dunstan of Canterbury Eadburh of Winchester Eadgar of England Eadgyth of Polesworth Eadgyth of Wilton Eadweard the Confessor Eadweard the Martyr Eadwold of Cerne Earmund of Stoke Fleming Edor of Chertsey Evorhilda Frithestan of Winchester Hædde of Winchester Humbert of Stokenham Hwita of Whitchurch Canonicorum Mærwynn of Romsey Margaret of Dunfermline Swithhun of Winchester Wulfsige of Sherborne Wulfthryth of Wilton
Unclear origin	Arilda of Oldbury Juthwara of Sherbourne Rumbold of Mechlin Urith of Chittlehampton

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 Saint '''Æbbe of Coldingham''' [also '''Ebbe''', '''Aebbe''', '''Abb'''], also known as "Æbbe the Younger", (died 870) was an Abbess of [[Coldingham Priory]] in south-east [[Scotland]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Farmer|first=David|title=The Oxford Dictionary of Saints|date=2011|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York|isbn=978-0-19-959660-7|page=133}}</ref>
-Like many of her fellow female saints of [[Anglo-Saxon]] England, little is known about her life.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Pulsiano|first=Phillip|title=Blessed Bodies: The Vitae of Anglo-Saxon Female Saints|journal=Parergon|date=1999|volume=16|issue=2|page=6|url=http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/parergon/summary/v016/16.2.pulsiano.html|accessdate=1 February 2014|doi=10.1353/pgn.1999.0008}}</ref>  She is best known for an act of self-mutilation to avoid rape by Viking invaders: according to a ninth-century chronicle, she took a razor and [[Rhinotomy|cut off her nose]] in front of the nuns, who followed her example.<ref name="Bartlett1995">{{cite book|last=Bartlett|first=Anne Clark|title=Male Authors, Female Readers: Representation and Subjectivity in Middle English Devotional Literature|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=QHWhyPyoAzwC&pg=PA39|accessdate=8 February 2013|year=1995|publisher=Cornell UP|isbn=9780801430381|page=39}}</ref> Their appearance so disgusted the invaders that the women were saved from rape but not from death, as the Danes soon returned and set fire to the convent, killing Æbbe and her entire community.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Horner|first=Shari|year=1994|title=Spiritual Truth and Sexual Violence: The Old English ''Juliana'', Anglo-Saxon Nuns, and the Discourse of Female Monastic Enclosure|journal=[[Signs (journal)|Signs]]|volume=19|issue=3|pages=658–75|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/3174773|doi=10.1086/494916}}</ref> It has been suggested that this is the origin of the saying ''[[cutting off the nose to spite the face]]''<ref>http://rt.com/op-edge/211159-china-russia-us-influence-military/</ref>
+Like many of her fellow female saints of [[Anglo-Saxon]] England, little is known about her life.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Pulsiano|first=Phillip|title=Blessed Bodies: The Vitae of Anglo-Saxon Female Saints|journal=Parergon|date=1999|volume=16|issue=2|page=6|url=http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/parergon/summary/v016/16.2.pulsiano.html|accessdate=1 February 2014|doi=10.1353/pgn.1999.0008}}</ref>  She presided over the Benedictine Abbey at [[Coldingham Priory|Coldingham]].<ref>[http://catholicsaints.info/calendar-of-scottish-saints-saint-ebba-virgin-and-abbess-and-her-companions-martyrs-a-d-870/ Barret, OSB, Michael. “Saint Ebba, Virgin and Abbess, and her Companions, Martyrs, A.D. 870”. ''The Calendar of Scottish Saints'', 1919]</ref>
+She is best known for an act of self-mutilation to avoid rape by Viking invaders: according to a ninth-century chronicle, she took a razor and [[Rhinotomy|cut off her nose]] in front of the nuns, who followed her example.<ref name="Bartlett1995">{{cite book|last=Bartlett|first=Anne Clark|title=Male Authors, Female Readers: Representation and Subjectivity in Middle English Devotional Literature|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=QHWhyPyoAzwC&pg=PA39|accessdate=8 February 2013|year=1995|publisher=Cornell UP|isbn=9780801430381|page=39}}</ref> Their appearance so disgusted the invaders that the women were saved from rape but not from death, as the Danes soon returned and set fire to the convent, killing Æbbe and her entire community.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Horner|first=Shari|year=1994|title=Spiritual Truth and Sexual Violence: The Old English ''Juliana'', Anglo-Saxon Nuns, and the Discourse of Female Monastic Enclosure|journal=[[Signs (journal)|Signs]]|volume=19|issue=3|pages=658–75|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/3174773|doi=10.1086/494916}}</ref> It has been suggested that this is the origin of the saying ''[[cutting off the nose to spite the face]]''.
 ==References==