Ecgbert
Archbishop of York
b. 678 · d. 19 Nov 766
9th Archbishop of York · c. 734–c. 766
Offices
- Archbishop of York № 9 · c. 734 – c. 766
Ecgbert 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.
Related people
- Eata child of · traditional
- Bede disciple of · traditional
- Bede influenced by · traditional
- Saint Boniface influenced by · traditional
- Eadberht sibling of · traditional
- Friothoberht consecrator of · traditional
- Friothowald consecrator of · traditional
- Pehtwine consecrator of · traditional
- Alcuin teacher of · traditional
- Æthelbert preceded · inferred
Places
- York Minster burial
- York death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Registrum Sacrum Anglicanum 1 claim — Registrum Sacrum Anglicanum — the see of York