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Saint

Ecgberht
Born639
England
Died729
Iona
Venerated inCatholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Major shrineRipon
Feast24 April

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 and around the Irish Sea. He was instrumental in the establishment of Wihtberht's mission to Frisia.

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