Ecgred of Lindisfarne

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Ecgred of LIndisfarne
Bishop of Lindisfarne
Church	Catholic
See	Diocese of Lindisfarne
In office	830–845
Predecessor	Egfrid
Successor	Eanbert
Personal details
Died	845

Ecgred of Lindisfarne (died 845) was Bishop of Lindisfarne from 830 to 845.^[1] He was the founder, in 830, of a church on the site of the now ruined Jedburgh Abbey and it is thought he was also the founder of the settlement that later came to be known as Jedburgh. He is also notable as having founded a monastery in Gainford, County Durham, on the site of the current village church.

Notes

↑ Powicke Handbook of British Chronology p. 238

References

Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Egfrid	Bishop of Lindisfarne 830–845	Succeeded by Eanbert

v t e Bishops of Lindisfarne

Aidan Finan Colmán Tuda United to York Eata of Hexham Cuthbert Eadberht Eadfrith Æthelwold Cynewulf Higbald Egbert Egfrid Ecgred Eanbert Eardulf Cutheard Tilred Wilgred Uchtred Sexhelm Aldred Ælfsige Aldhun

Persondata
Name	Ecgred
Alternative names
Short description	Bishop of Lindisfarne
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	845
Place of death

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