Egbert of Lindisfarne

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Egbert of Lindisfarne
Bishop of Lindisfarne
Term ended821
PredecessorHigbald
SuccessorHeathwred
Orders
Consecration11 June 803
Personal details
Died821
DenominationChristian

Egbert of Lindisfarne (or Ecgberht) was

Saint Egbert who served as a monk
at Lindisfarne, though the latter never became a bishop there.

To Egbert of Lindisfarne was dedicated the Latin poem De abbatibus by a monk in one of the dependent houses of Lindisfarne.

Citations

  1. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 219

References

  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. .

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Christian titles
Preceded by
Bishop of Lindisfarne

803–821
Succeeded by