First Abbess
of
Coldingham,
Northumbria. Sister of King Oswy. Died
in 683. Also known as Aebbe, Ebbe, Tabbs.
Saint
Ebba, the daughter of King Ethelfrith of
Northumbria,
fled to
Scotland
with her brothers Saint Oswald and Oswy, when their father died in
battle in 616 against King Saint Edwin (f.d. October 12)...
She
was the daughter of King Edgar of
England and Wulfrida. She was born
at
Kensing,
England, in 961,
and was brought as a very young child to Wilton Abbey by her mother, who
later became a nun there and Abbess...
She lived in the 7th century. Benedictine abbess of a dual Monastery, daughter of the king of the East Angles and sister of Sts. Eronwald Bishop of London, Etheldreda, Sexburga, and Withburga...
Queen of
Northumbria;
born (probably) about 630; died at Ely, 23 June, 679. While still very young
she was given in marriage by her father, Anna, King of East Anglia, to a
certain Tonbert, a subordinate prince, from whom she received as morning gift a
tract of land locally known as the
Isle of Ely.
Hermit
at Meaux (France). Born in
Ireland;
died c. 670. Also
known as Fiachra, Fiaker, Fiacrius, Fialer, Fevre.
The
Irish hermit of Kilfiachra, Saint Fiacre, migrated to
Gaul
about 626 where he was given hospitality and a piece of land by Saint Faro
(f.d. October 28) at Meaux, which was part of his own patrimony...
First
Bishop of
Cork,
and Confessor, c. 633.Also
known as Barr, Barrus, Bairre, Barry, Barrocus, Lochann.
He was
the son of an artisan and a lady of the Irish royal court.Born in
Connaught,
Ireland,
and baptized Lochan, he was educated at Kilmacahil, Kilkenny, where
the monks named him Fionnbharr (white head) because of his light hair...
He
was the son of Fintan, son of Finloga, prince of South Muster, and Gelgesia,
daughter of Aedhfinn, prince of Hy-Briuin in
Connaught.
He was born probably amongst the Hy-Bruin, and was baptized by St. Brendan
the Traveller, his father's uncle, who then ruled a monastery in the
Island of
Oirbsen, now called Inisquin in Lough
Corrib...
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