Egbert of Lindisfarne
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Egbert of Lindisfarne was Bishop
of Lindisfarne
from his consecration on 11 June 802 until his death in 821. He is often confused with Saint Egbert who served as a monk
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.
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
of Lindisfarne
Lindisfarne
Lindisfarne is a tidal island off the north-east coast of England. It is also known as Holy Island and constitutes a civil parish in Northumberland...
from his consecration on 11 June 802 until his death in 821. He is often confused with Saint Egbert who served as a monk
Monk
A monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of monks, while always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose...
at Lindisfarne, though the latter never became a bishop there.
To Egbert of Lindisfarne was dedicated the Latin poem De abbatibus
De abbatibus
De abbatibus is a Latin poem in eight hundred and nineteen hexameters by the ninth-century Anglo-Saxon monk Æthelwulf , a name meaning "noble wolf", which the author sometimes Latinises as Lupus Clarus...
by a monk in one of the dependent houses of Lindisfarne.