Mabillon, he died on 30 December 720, although his death is generally accepted as having occurred three years earlier on 30 December 717. He died at the abbey he had founded, and his remains were enshrined there. A hagiography was written by Byrhtferth of Ramsey, a monk at Ramsey Abbey, around 1016. Another Vita Sancti Egwini, was written by Dominic of Evesham, a medieval prior of Evesham Abbey around 1130. His tomb was destroyed, along with the abbey church, at the time of the dissolution of the abbey in 1540. Notes Citations References Further reading External links The Benedictines of Stanbrook. Saint Egwin and His Abbey of Evesham Butler, Alban. The Lives of the Saints, Vol. I, 1866 7th-century births 717 deaths 7th-century English bishops 8th-century English bishops Abbots of Evesham Mercian saints Bishops of Worcester 7th-century Christian saints 8th-century Christian saints English Benedictines Benedictine bishops Benedictine saints Founders of Catholic religious communities Burials at Evesham Abbey