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Abban the Hermit is a Roman Catholic saint, once revered in Abingdon in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), though little is known about his life outside of what is found in the Chronicon Monasterii de Abingdon. The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...
The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more saints, and referring to the day as that saints day. ...
May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (134th in leap years). ...
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Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from the Latinised form Oxonia) is a county in the South East of England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ...
He is supposed to have been an Irishman who settled on Boar's Hill near Abingdon, after the reign of King Vortigern in the 5th century. His hermitage attracted followers and, after his death, was superseded by the great Abbey in Abingdon itself. The Irish are a European ethnic group who originated in Ireland, in north western Europe. ...
Boars Hill is located in the civil parish of Sunningwell, south of Oxford, in the English county of Oxfordshire (formerly Berkshire). ...
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Abingdon Abbey was a Benedictine monastery located in Abingdon, historically in the county of Berkshire but now in Oxfordshire, England. ...
His story is recorded in the Chronicon Monasterii de Abingdon which survives in a number of 13th century manuscripts. Unfortunately, it is generally recognised that his name was invented to explain the toponymy of Abingdon, which is really named after a female, Aebbe, best known for her church in Oxford. (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ...
Toponymy is the taxonomic study of toponyms (place-names), their origins and their meanings. ...
St Ebbes Oxford is an Anglican church in the conservative Evangelical tradition in the centre of Oxford, on Pennyfarthing Place (behind Pembroke College). ...
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His feast day was celebrated on May 13[citation needed]; it is not on the current liturgical calendar. No year of death is recorded. The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with a saint, and referring to the day as the saints day of that saint. ...
May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (134th in leap years). ...
References - Gelling, M (1974). The Place-Names of Berkshire (Part Two).
- Stenton, FM (1913). The Early History of the Abbey of Abingdon.
- Townsend, J (1910). A History of Abingdon.
External link - Royal Berkshire History: St. Abban
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