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• Abban of Abingdon
Abingdon is named after this St. Abban (or Abben), who is said to have been baptized in 165.
http://users.erols.com/saintpat/ss/0513.htm

• Catholic Online: St. Abban
Brief (and vague) paragraph.
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=469

• Early British Kingdoms: St. Abban
Tells his story, but says that it was a legend invented to explain the name of the town Abingdon.
http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/bios/abban.html

• St. Abban the Hermit
An Irishman who lived at Abingdon, England, before St. Patrick's lifetime. Feast day: 13 May.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01007b.htm