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Younger, Ebba the, Saint

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

Virgin, martyr, Abbess of Coldingham, died c870 During the Danish invasion she and her nuns mutilated their faces to preserve their chastity, and were burned alive, when the barbarians set fire to the monastery. Feast, April 2,.

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Entry for 'Younger, Ebba the, Saint'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​y/younger-ebba-the-saint.html. 1910.