Eanbald (died 808) was an eighth century Archbishop of York and correspondent of Alcuin.

Life

Eanbald was taught by Alcuin when Alcuin was the teacher of the school of York, and was affectionately nicknamed "Simeon" by Alcuin.Duckett ''Alcuin'' p. 28 Eanbald was consecrated the successor of his namesake to the archbishopric of York on 14 August 796.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 224 Alcuin wrote frequently to Eanbald, laying down many rules for the direction of his province.Duckett ''Alcuin'' pp. 205-208 He sent many gifts to York, including a shipload of metal (stagnum) for the roof of the bell tower at York Minster.Duckett ''Alcuin'' pp. 296-298 Eanbald assisted Æthelhard,

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. In 798 Eanbald assembled his clergy in synod at Finchale, near Durham. There, he enacted a number of regulations relating to the ecclesiastical courts and the observance of Easter. He may have been the first to introduce the Roman Ritual in the church of York.Rollason "Eanbald" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' Eanbald became estranged from Eardwulf, king of Northumbria after denouncing Eardwulf's adulteries as well as Eanbald's sheltering of Eardwulf's enemies in church sanctuary.Yorke ''Kings and Kingdoms'' p. 93Kirby ''Earliest English Kings'' p. 132 Eanbald died sometime about 808, perhaps as late as 830, if numismatic evidence is correct.

Coinage

Eanbald, like later archbishops of York, produced coinage in his name.

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