Æbbe of Coldingham was a 7th-century Northumbrian noblewoman and abbess who played a significant role in spreading Christianity across the Northumbrian coast. As the daughter of King Æthelfrith, she lived through periods of political exile before returning to her homeland when her brothers, Oswald and Oswiu, ascended to the throne. She established religious communities at Ebchester and at St Abb's Head, where she governed a double monastery containing both monks and nuns for approximately forty years.