Ecgbert of York

Saint

Ecgbert
Archbishop of York
Coin of Archbishop Ecgbert
Appointed732
Term ended19 November 766
PredecessorWilfrid II
SuccessorÆthelbert
Personal details
Died19 November 766
BuriedYork Minster
ParentsEata
Sainthood
Feast day19 November
8 November
Venerated inCatholic 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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