Ecgberht of Ripon
Anglo-Saxon saint
b. 639 · d. 729
Ecgberht was an Anglo-Saxon monk of Northumbria. After studying at Lindisfarne and Rath Melsigi, he spent his life travelling among monasteries in northern Britain and around the Irish Sea. He was instrumental in the establishment of Wihtberht's mission to Frisia.
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Recorded as a historical figure.