Ecgberht 6 (Male) Monk and priest who lived in Ireland and Iona, d.729
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Problems: is there a missing office from bede? HE v.9, bishop?

Factoid List

Recorded Name (27)

... Ecgbercti (1)

 Bede.HE  iv.3

... Ecgbercto (1)

 Bede.HE  iii.4

... Ecgberctum (1)

 Bede.HE  iv.26

... qui cognomento Sanctus uocabatur ... (1)

 Alcuin.VitWillibrPr  4

Ecberectus (1)

 Bede.ChronMaior  532.586

Ecbertus (1)

 AnnalsFragIrel  84.210

Ecgbercht (1)

 Ęthelwulf.CarmAbb  6

Ecgberct (5)

 Bede.HE  iii.27
 Bede.HE  v.9
 Bede.HE  v.22
 Alcuin.VersEubor  1014
 Annals.NbRegnList  246

Ecgberctus (3)

 Alcuin.VitWillibrPr  4
 Ęthelwulf.CarmAbb  Pref.
 Ęthelwulf.CarmAbb  6

Ecgberht (2)

 ASC  716 DF(OE)
 ASC  729 DF(OE)

Ecgberhtus (1)

 CalMetrEbor  20

Ecgbertus (1)

 ASC  729 F(Lat.)

Ecgbriht (3)

 ASC  <716/17> B, <717> C
 ASC  729 CE
 RestingPlaces  II.6

Ecgbryht (2)

 ASC  716 A
 ASC  729 A

Ecgbyrht (2)

 ASC  716 EG
 ASC  <729> B, 729 G

Ecgbyrhtus (1)

 Ęthelweard.Chron  ii.13

Personal Information (30)

ethnicity (4)

 Bede.ChronMaior  532.586 (From the people of the English)
 Bede.HE  iii.4 (an Englishman)
 Bede.HE  iii.27 (English)
 Ęthelwulf.CarmAbb  Pref. (pre-eminent among the English)

intellectual (1)

 Bede.HE  v.22 (a most gracious teacher)

moral (3)

 Bede.HE  iii.27 (of great ability)
 Bede.HE  v.9 (a man to be named with all honour)
 Ęthelwulf.CarmAbb  6 (holy in his way of life)

piety (9)

 Bede.HE  iii.27 (he lived a life of great humility, gentleness, temperance, simplicity, and righteousness)
 Bede.HE  iii.27 (He always practised abstinence throughout Lent, forty days before Christmas and forty days after Pentecost)
 Bede.HE  v.9 (venerable servant of Christ)
 Bede.HE  v.9 (soldier of Christ)
 Bede.HE  v.22 (beloved of God)
 Bede.HE  v.22 (man of God)
 Bede.HE  v.22 (most reverend)
 Bede.HE  v.24 (man fo God)
 Ęthelwulf.CarmAbb  6 (reverend)

saintly status (12)

 Bede.ChronMaior  532.586 (holy man)
 Bede.HE  v.24 (saint)
 Alcuin.VersEubor  1014 (holy)
 Alcuin.VersEubor  1019-21 (generous to the poor but always stinting of himself ... a good man ... shining with outstanding piety ...)
 Alcuin.VitWillibrPr  4 (most blessed father)
 ASC  716 ADEF(OE)G, <716/17> B, <717> C (the pious man)
 ASC  716 F(Lat.) (a man of the Lord)
 ASC  729 ACG, <729> B (Saint)
 ASC  729 DEF(OE) (the holy)
 AnnalsFragIrel  84.210 (holy soldier of Christ)
 Ęthelweard.Chron  ii.13 (holy)
 RestingPlaces  II.6 (saint)

stated health (1)

 Bede.HE  iii.27 (He was dangerously ill because of a plague)

Education (3)

 He was most learned in the scriptures: Bede.HE  iii.4
 He went to Ireland for the sake of religious study: Bede.HE  iii.27
 learned: Ęthelwulf.CarmAbb  1

Office (12)

Bishop (7)

 Alcuin.VersEubor  1014
 Alcuin.VitWillibrPr  4
 Ęthelwulf.CarmAbb  Pref.
 Ęthelwulf.CarmAbb  1 cap.
 Ęthelwulf.CarmAbb  6
 Ęthelwulf.CarmAbb  6
 Ęthelweard.Chron  ii.13

Priest (5)

 Bede.ChronMaior  532-3.586
 Bede.HE  iii.4
 Bede.HE  iii.27
 Bede.HE  v.22
 Ęthelwulf.CarmAbb  Pref.

Occupation (4)

Missionary (1)

 Alcuin.VersEubor  1011-13

Monk (2)

 Bede.ChronMaior  533.586
 Bede.HE  iv.3

Pilgrim (1)

 Alcuin.VersEubor  1016-17

Status (5)

Exile (3)

 Bede.HE  iii.27
 Bede.HE  iv.3
 Bede.HE  v.9

Noble (1)

 Bede.HE  iii.27

Peregrinus (1)

 Bede.ChronMaior  533.586

Personal Relationship (15)

~ Brother (Honorific kinship) of Ecgberht 6 (1)

 Eanmund 1: of Ecgberht 6: Ęthelwulf.CarmAbb  6

~ Companion (General relationship) of Ecgberht 6 (1)

 Wihtberht 2: of Ecgberht 6: Bede.HE  v.9

Ecgberht 6 Father (Honorific kinship) of ~ (9)

 of Missing Person: Bede.HE  iii.4
 of Missing Person: Bede.HE  iv.3
 of Missing Person: Bede.HE  iv.26
 of Missing Person: Bede.HE  v.22
 of Missing Person: Bede.HE  iv.26
 of Ęthelwulf 5: Ęthelwulf.CarmAbb  Pref.
 of Ęthelwulf 5: Ęthelwulf.CarmAbb  1
 of Ęthelwulf 5: Ęthelwulf.CarmAbb  23
 of Missing Person: Annals.NbRegnList  246

Ecgberht 6 Friend (General relationship) of ~ (1)

 of Ęthelwulf 5: Ęthelwulf.CarmAbb  Pref.

~ Friend (General relationship) of Ecgberht 6 (1)

 Ęthelwulf 5: of Ecgberht 6: Ęthelwulf.CarmAbb  1

~ Kinsman (Generic kinship) of Ecgberht 6 (2)

 Anonymi 1207: of Ecgberht 6: Ęthelwulf.CarmAbb  1 cap.
 Anonymi 1207: of Ecgberht 6: Ęthelwulf.CarmAbb  1

Event (30)

Advice/counsel (1)

 Anonymous 272.vision of Boisil 1: Anonymous 272 related to Ecgberht 6 a vision which he had seen during the night. Boisil 1, his master, had appeared to him and said that he should tell Ecgberht 6 that he could not perform the journey he was organizing. He should go instead and give instruction in the monasteries of Columba 1.: Bede.HE  v.9

Book circulating/making/reading/translating/writing (1)

 Ęthelwulf 5.poem-composition: Ęthelwulf 5 wrote the poem 'De Abbatibus' for Bishop Ecgberht 6, from whose blood the great men celebrated in the poem 'De Abbatibus' had sprung.: Ęthelwulf.CarmAbb  Pref., 1

Burial (1)

 Ecgberht 6-Wilfrid 2-Wihtburg 1.burial: St Ecgberht 6, St Wilfrid 2, bishop, and St Wihtburg 1 are buried the monastery at Ripon near the river called Earp.: RestingPlaces  II.6

Church/monastery/minster foundation/dedication/restoration (1)

 Eanmund 1.sending messenger to Ecgberht 6: Eanmund 1 sent a messenger to Ecgberht 6, asking him to instruct the monks by the letter, and to sanctify for him an altar and reveal which places were worthy ones, in which a church might be placed. The bishop consecrated the altar in the name of St Peter and described a place that he had seen in a vision as a worthy place for the construction of a church.: Ęthelwulf.CarmAbb  6

Commemoration of saint/calendar-entering (1)

 Ecgberht 6.commemoration on 24 April: Ecgberht 6 brilliant with the worthy praise of his virtues reverently ascends starry Olympus on the octave of May [= 24 April].: CalMetrEbor  20-1

Conversation (1)

 Hygebald 2.visit to Ecgberht 6: While Hygebald 2 was visiting, he and Ecgberht 6 started talking about the lives of the early fathers. Mention was made of Chad 1 and Ecgberht 6 told Hygebald 2 of a man who had had a vision of Cedd 1 taking Chad 1's soul to heaven.: Bede.HE  iv.3

Conversion (2)

 Ecgberht 6.conversion of Anonymi 811 to correct date of Easter and tonsure: Ecgberht 6 converted the monks at Ely (Anonymi 811) to the correct observance of Easter and to the ecclesiastical [DE substitute: St Peter's] tonsure.: ASC  716 ADEG, <716/17> B, <717> C (716)
 Ecgberht 6.preaching converts many Scottish kingdoms to the canonical Easter: By his holy preaching Ecgberht 6 converted many kingdoms of the Scottish people to the canonical observance of the date of Easter.: Bede.ChronMaior  533.586

Death/dying (3)

 Ecgberht 6.death: Ecgberht 6 passed away.: Ęthelweard.Chron  ii.13 (729)
 Ecgberht 6.vowing in illness: When he thought he was on the point of death, Ecgberht 6 began to consider his past life. He was so stricken with remorse that he asked God that he might not die until he had had time to make amends. He also made a vow that he would live in exile and never return to Britain. He also promised that he would recite daily the whole psalter to the praise of God.: Bede.HE  iii.27
 Ęthelhun 2.death: After Ecgberht 6 had made his vow, he was told by Ęthelhun 2 about the revelation he had had. The latter had learned in a vision that Ecgberht 6 was going to live on while he was going to die.: Bede.HE  iii.27

Dreaming/seeing vision/revelation (4)

 Anonymous 272.second vision of Boisil 1: Anonymous 272 had another vision in which Boisil 1 told him off for delivering his message for Ecgberht 6 in such a careless way. Then Boisil 1 repeated that, whether Ecgberht 6 liked it or not, he had to go to Columba 1's monasteries and call them back to the true line.: Bede.HE  v.9
 Anonymous 272.vision of Boisil 1: Anonymous 272 related to Ecgberht 6 a vision which he had seen during the night. Boisil 1, his master, had appeared to him and said that he should tell Ecgberht 6 that he could not perform the journey he was organizing. He should go instead and give instruction in the monasteries of Columba 1.: Bede.HE  v.9
 Hygebald 2.visit to Ecgberht 6: While Hygebald 2 was visiting, he and Ecgberht 6 started talking about the lives of the early fathers. Mention was made of Chad 1 and Ecgberht 6 told Hygebald 2 of a man who had had a vision of Cedd 1 taking Chad 1's soul to heaven.: Bede.HE  iv.3
 Ęthelhun 2.death: After Ecgberht 6 had made his vow, he was told by Ęthelhun 2 about the revelation he had had. The latter had learned in a vision that Ecgberht 6 was going to live on while he was going to die.: Bede.HE  iii.27

Easter-observance (4)

 Anonymi 635.wrong reckoning of Easter: Anonymi 635 used tables of doubtful accuracy in fixing the date of Easter.: Bede.HE  iii.4
 Ecgberht 6.conversion of Anonymi 811 to correct date of Easter and tonsure: Ecgberht 6 converted the monks at Ely (Anonymi 811) to the correct observance of Easter and to the ecclesiastical [DE substitute: St Peter's] tonsure.: ASC  716 ADEG, <716/17> B, <717> C (716)
 Ecgberht 6.journey to Iona: Ecgberht 6 came to Iona from Ireland and was most honourably received. He taught them how to celebrate Easter and to wear the Petrine tonsure.: Bede.HE  v.22, 24 (716)
 Ecgberht 6.preaching converts many Scottish kingdoms to the canonical Easter: By his holy preaching Ecgberht 6 converted many kingdoms of the Scottish people to the canonical observance of the date of Easter.: Bede.ChronMaior  533.586

Education/teaching (3)

 Eanmund 1.sending messenger to Ecgberht 6: Eanmund 1 sent a messenger to Ecgberht 6, asking him to instruct the monks by the letter, and to sanctify for him an altar and reveal which places were worthy ones, in which a church might be placed. The bishop consecrated the altar in the name of St Peter and described a place that he had seen in a vision as a worthy place for the construction of a church.: Ęthelwulf.CarmAbb  6
 Ecgberht 6.journey to Iona: Ecgberht 6 came to Iona from Ireland and was most honourably received. He taught them how to celebrate Easter and to wear the Petrine tonsure.: Bede.HE  v.22, 24 (716)
 Ecgberht 6.teaching of people (Anonymi 1115) by words and deeds: : Alcuin.VersEubor  1017-18

Journey (3)

 Ecgberht 6-Wihtberht 2.withdrawal to Ireland: Each of them [sc. Ecgberht 6 and Wihtberht 2] withdrew to Ireland.: Alcuin.VitWillibrPr  4
 Ecgberht 6.journey to Iona: Ecgberht 6 came to Iona from Ireland and was most honourably received. He taught them how to celebrate Easter and to wear the Petrine tonsure.: Bede.HE  v.22, 24 (716)
 Willibrord 1.journey to Ireland: Willibrord 1 went in a swift journey to Ireland.: Alcuin.VitWillibrPr  4

Liturgical celebration (1)

 Ecgberht 6.death: Ecgberht 6 died on Easter Day after he had celebrated a mass: Bede.HE  v.22, 23, 24 (729)

Message-sending (2)

 Eanmund 1.sending messenger to Ecgberht 6: Eanmund 1 sent a messenger to Ecgberht 6, asking him to instruct the monks by the letter, and to sanctify for him an altar and reveal which places were worthy ones, in which a church might be placed. The bishop consecrated the altar in the name of St Peter and described a place that he had seen in a vision as a worthy place for the construction of a church.: Ęthelwulf.CarmAbb  6
 Ecgberht 6.sending messenger to Eanmund 1: A messenger (Anonymous 413) was sent by Ecgberht 6 to Eanmund 1. The bishop was aware of the construction of the church and was happy that it should stand on a former haunt of robbers.: Ęthelwulf.CarmAbb  6

Mission/mission-sending (1)

 Willibrord 1.mission to Frisia: Ecgberht 6 sent twelve men, including Willibrord 1, to preach the Word in Frisia. They first went to visit Pippin 1, who had just driven Radbod 1 out of nearer Frisia. He sent them to preach there, he gave them the support of his royal authority and he also bestowed many favours on those who were willing to receive the faith.: Bede.HE  v.10

Monastic life, converting to/joining/oblation (1)

 Chad 1-Ecgberht 6.monastic life: Chad 1 and Ecgberht 6 lived their monastic life in Ireland together.: Bede.HE  iv.3

Ordering (1)

 Anonymous 272.second vision of Boisil 1: Anonymous 272 had another vision in which Boisil 1 told him off for delivering his message for Ecgberht 6 in such a careless way. Then Boisil 1 repeated that, whether Ecgberht 6 liked it or not, he had to go to Columba 1's monasteries and call them back to the true line.: Bede.HE  v.9

Pastoral activities/preaching (2)

 Ecgberht 6.preaching converts many Scottish kingdoms to the canonical Easter: By his holy preaching Ecgberht 6 converted many kingdoms of the Scottish people to the canonical observance of the date of Easter.: Bede.ChronMaior  533.586
 Willibrord 1.mission to Frisia: Ecgberht 6 sent twelve men, including Willibrord 1, to preach the Word in Frisia. They first went to visit Pippin 1, who had just driven Radbod 1 out of nearer Frisia. He sent them to preach there, he gave them the support of his royal authority and he also bestowed many favours on those who were willing to receive the faith.: Bede.HE  v.10

Patronage (1)

 Willibrord 1.mission to Frisia: Ecgberht 6 sent twelve men, including Willibrord 1, to preach the Word in Frisia. They first went to visit Pippin 1, who had just driven Radbod 1 out of nearer Frisia. He sent them to preach there, he gave them the support of his royal authority and he also bestowed many favours on those who were willing to receive the faith.: Bede.HE  v.10

Penance (1)

 Ecgberht 6.vowing in illness: When he thought he was on the point of death, Ecgberht 6 began to consider his past life. He was so stricken with remorse that he asked God that he might not die until he had had time to make amends. He also made a vow that he would live in exile and never return to Britain. He also promised that he would recite daily the whole psalter to the praise of God.: Bede.HE  iii.27

Plundering (1)

 Beorht 1.war in Ireland: Beorht 1 was sent by Ecgfrith 4 to Ireland where he devastated the race.: Bede.HE  iv.26 (684)

Poem-reciting/sending (1)

 Ęthelwulf 5.poem-composition: Ęthelwulf 5 wrote the poem 'De Abbatibus' for Bishop Ecgberht 6, from whose blood the great men celebrated in the poem 'De Abbatibus' had sprung.: Ęthelwulf.CarmAbb  Pref., 1

Promise (1)

 Ecgberht 6.vowing in illness: When he thought he was on the point of death, Ecgberht 6 began to consider his past life. He was so stricken with remorse that he asked God that he might not die until he had had time to make amends. He also made a vow that he would live in exile and never return to Britain. He also promised that he would recite daily the whole psalter to the praise of God.: Bede.HE  iii.27

Prophecy (2)

 Anonymous 272.vision of Boisil 1: Anonymous 272 related to Ecgberht 6 a vision which he had seen during the night. Boisil 1, his master, had appeared to him and said that he should tell Ecgberht 6 that he could not perform the journey he was organizing. He should go instead and give instruction in the monasteries of Columba 1.: Bede.HE  v.9
 Ęthelhun 2.death: After Ecgberht 6 had made his vow, he was told by Ęthelhun 2 about the revelation he had had. The latter had learned in a vision that Ecgberht 6 was going to live on while he was going to die.: Bede.HE  iii.27

Religious practice (2)

 Chad 1-Ecgberht 6.monastic life: Chad 1 and Ecgberht 6 lived their monastic life in Ireland together.: Bede.HE  iv.3
 Ecgberht 6.vowing in illness: When he thought he was on the point of death, Ecgberht 6 began to consider his past life. He was so stricken with remorse that he asked God that he might not die until he had had time to make amends. He also made a vow that he would live in exile and never return to Britain. He also promised that he would recite daily the whole psalter to the praise of God.: Bede.HE  iii.27

Reporting (2)

 Anonymous 272.vision of Boisil 1: Anonymous 272 related to Ecgberht 6 a vision which he had seen during the night. Boisil 1, his master, had appeared to him and said that he should tell Ecgberht 6 that he could not perform the journey he was organizing. He should go instead and give instruction in the monasteries of Columba 1.: Bede.HE  v.9
 Hygebald 2.visit to Ecgberht 6: While Hygebald 2 was visiting, he and Ecgberht 6 started talking about the lives of the early fathers. Mention was made of Chad 1 and Ecgberht 6 told Hygebald 2 of a man who had had a vision of Cedd 1 taking Chad 1's soul to heaven.: Bede.HE  iv.3

Solitary life, choosing; becoming anchorite/hermit (3)

 Ecgberht 6-Wihtberht 2.adoption of solitary life: There [sc. in Ireland] they [sc. Ecgberht 6 and Wihtberht 2] daily spent [their time] in a solitary existence.: Alcuin.VitWillibrPr  4
 Wihtberht 2.separation from Ecgberht 6 to lead solitary contemplative life: Wihtberht 2 separated from Ecgberht 6 to live a contemplative life in strict solitude.: Alcuin.VersEubor  1024-5
 Willibrord 1.association with [Ecgberht 6 and Wihtberht 2]: [Willibrord 1] joined himself in the intimacy of the aforementioned fathers [sc. Ecgberht 6 and Wihtberht 2].: Alcuin.VitWillibrPr  4

Support-gaining (1)

 Willibrord 1.mission to Frisia: Ecgberht 6 sent twelve men, including Willibrord 1, to preach the Word in Frisia. They first went to visit Pippin 1, who had just driven Radbod 1 out of nearer Frisia. He sent them to preach there, he gave them the support of his royal authority and he also bestowed many favours on those who were willing to receive the faith.: Bede.HE  v.10

Tonsuring (2)

 Ecgberht 6.conversion of Anonymi 811 to correct date of Easter and tonsure: Ecgberht 6 converted the monks at Ely (Anonymi 811) to the correct observance of Easter and to the ecclesiastical [DE substitute: St Peter's] tonsure.: ASC  716 ADEG, <716/17> B, <717> C (716)
 Ecgberht 6.journey to Iona: Ecgberht 6 came to Iona from Ireland and was most honourably received. He taught them how to celebrate Easter and to wear the Petrine tonsure.: Bede.HE  v.22, 24 (716)

Visit (1)

 Hygebald 2.visit to Ecgberht 6: While Hygebald 2 was visiting, he and Ecgberht 6 started talking about the lives of the early fathers. Mention was made of Chad 1 and Ecgberht 6 told Hygebald 2 of a man who had had a vision of Cedd 1 taking Chad 1's soul to heaven.: Bede.HE  iv.3

Vowing celibacy/chastity/virginity/poverty (1)

 Ecgberht 6.vowing in illness: When he thought he was on the point of death, Ecgberht 6 began to consider his past life. He was so stricken with remorse that he asked God that he might not die until he had had time to make amends. He also made a vow that he would live in exile and never return to Britain. He also promised that he would recite daily the whole psalter to the praise of God.: Bede.HE  iii.27

War (1)

 Beorht 1.war in Ireland: Beorht 1 was sent by Ecgfrith 4 to Ireland where he devastated the race.: Bede.HE  iv.26 (684)