Saint Abban the Hermit
- Also known as
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Abben the Hermit
Ewan
- Memorial
- 13 May
- Profile
- Hermit at Abingdon (formely Abbendun), Berkshire, England, which is named for him.
Noted preacher.
Founded a monastery in Berkshire.
May be the earliest Irish saint.
- Born
- 2nd century Ireland
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Additional Information
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Catholic Encyclopedia
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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