ECGBERT, ARCHBISHOP OF YORK

'Ecgbert' or 'Ecgberht' or 'Ecgbeorht' (died 766) was an eighth century Archbishop of York and correspondent of Bede and Saint Boniface.

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Life

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Life

Ecgbert was made bishop of York in 734Powicke ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 263 by his cousin and fellow-Leodwalding Ceolwulf of Northumbria, succeeding Wilfrid II on the latter's resignation. The pall was sent him in 735 and he became the first northern archbishop after Paulinus of York. He was the brother of Eadberht, who ruled Northumbria 737–758.Ashely ''Mammoth Book of British Kings & Queens'' p. 289-290 He was the recipient of the famous letter of Bede, dealing with the evils arising from spurious monasteries. Ecgbert himself wrote a ''Dialogus Ecclesiasticae Instilutionis'', a ''Penitentiale'' and a ''Pontificale''. He was a correspondent of Saint Boniface, who asked him to support his censure of Ethelbald of Mercia.
Ecgbert died on November 19, 766.

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References

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★ ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'', years 734, 735, 738, 766

★ Ashely, Mike ''The Mammoth Book of British Kings & Queens'' New York: Carroll & Graff 1998 ISBN 0-7967-0692-9

★ Bede, ''Continuatio'', years 732, 735, 766, and ''Epistola ad Ecgberctum''

★ Haddan and Stubbs, ''Councils and Ecclesiastical Documents'', Oxford, 1869–1878, iii. 403-431

★ Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde ''Handbook of British Chronology'' 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961

★ Proceedings of Surtees Society, Durham, 1853.

See also

★ List of Archbishops of York

External links

★ Catholic Encyclopedia article on Ecgbert

★ Ecgbert at 1911 Britannica Encyclopedia Online