Ecgbert, Archbishop of York

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The obverse of a sceat of Ecgberht. The reverse names his brother King Eadberht of Northumbria. Similar coins are known from the reigns of Kings Æthelwald Moll and Alhred.

Ecgberht, Archbishop of York (or Ecgberht; died 766), was made bishop of York in 734 by his cousin and fellow-Leodwalding Ceolwulf of Northumbria, succeeding Wilfrid II on the latter's resignation. The pall was sent him in 735 and he became the first northern archbishop after Paulinus of York. He was the brother of Eadberht, who ruled Northumbria 737–758. He was the recipient of the famous letter of Bede, dealing with the evils arising from spurious monasteries. Ecgberht himself wrote a Dialogus Ecclesiasticae Instilutionis, a Penitentiale and a Pontificale. He was a correspondent of Saint Boniface, who asked him to support his censure of Ethelbald of Mercia.

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• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
• Bede, Continuatio, years 732, 735, 766, and Epistola ad Ecgberctum
• Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, years 734, 735, 738, 766
• Haddan and Stubbs, Councils and Ecclesiastical Documents, Oxford, 1869–1878, iii. 403-431.
• Proceedings of Surtees Society, Durham, 1853.
• Catholic Encyclopedia article

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