in the monastery, on 24 April 729. His feast day in the Roman Catholic Church, 24 April, is found in both the Roman and Irish martyrologies, and in the Metrical Calendar of York. Although he is now honoured simply as a confessor, it is probable that St Ecgberht was a bishop. Saint Ecgberht ought not to be confused with the later Ecgberht, Archbishop of York, or Egbert of Lindisfarne. Notes External links 639 births 729 deaths 8th-century Christian saints Anglo-Saxon Benedictines Northumbrian saints