Ecgbert | |
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Archbishop of York | |
Appointed | 732 |
Term ended | 19 November 766 |
Predecessor | Wilfrid II |
Successor | Æthelbert |
Personal details | |
Died | 19 November 766 |
Buried | York Minster |
Parents | Eata |
Sainthood | |
Feast day | 19 November 8 November |
Venerated in | Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church |
Ecgbert[a] (died 19 November 766) was an 8th-century cleric who established the archdiocese of York in 735. In 737, Ecgbert's brother became king of Northumbria and the two siblings worked together on ecclesiastical issues. Ecgbert was a correspondent of Bede and Boniface and the author of a legal code for his clergy. Other works have been ascribed to him, although the attribution is doubted by modern scholars.
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