Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Saint Ebba the Elder
Standard Name: Ebba the Elder, Saint
Used Form: St Ebba the Elder
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670: St Ebba the Elder founded a convent at Ebchester...
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670
St Ebba the Elder
founded a convent at Ebchester (on the River Derwent, near Newcastle upon Tyne) and a settlement at Coldingham (on the Northumberland coast).
Leibell, Sister Helen Dominica. Anglo-Saxon Education of Women: From Hilda to Hildegarde. B. Franklin, 1971.