Egbert of Lindisfarne (or Ecgberht) was
Bishop
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is c ...
of
Lindisfarne from his consecration on 11 June 803 until his death in 821.
[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 219] He is often confused with
Saint Egbert
Saint Ecgberht (or Egbert, and sometimes referred to as Egbert of Rath Melsigi) (died 729) was an Anglo-Saxon monk of Northumbria. After studying at Lindisfarne and Rath Melsigi, he spent his life travelling among monasteries in northern Britain ...
who served as a
monk
A monk (, from el, μοναχός, ''monachos'', "single, solitary" via Latin ) is a person who practices religious asceticism by monastic living, either alone or with any number of other monks. A monk may be a person who decides to dedica ...
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.
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8th-century births
821 deaths
Bishops of Lindisfarne
9th-century English bishops
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