Egbert of Lindisfarne

Egbert of Lindisfarne
Bishop of Lindisfarne
Term ended	821
Predecessor	Higbald
Successor	Heathwred
Orders
Consecration	11 June 803
Personal details
Died	821
Denomination	Christian

Egbert of Lindisfarne (or Ecgberht) was Bishop of Lindisfarne from his consecration on 11 June 803 until his death in 821. ^[1] He is often confused with 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. ISBN   0-521-56350-X.

External links

• Ecgberht 14 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Christian titles
Preceded by Higbald	Bishop of Lindisfarne 803–821	Succeeded by Heathwred