|
|
|
|
|
Saint EgbertSaint Egbert (died 729) was a hermit in Northumbria in Anglo-Saxon England. He was a monk in the monastery of Lindisfarne. He travelled to Ireland in search of learning (as Ireland, at that time, had a better preserved Classical tradition). During a plague there, he promised God that he would never return to England, if his life were spared. He survived, and so he began to travel. He began to organize monks in Ireland to re-introduce Christianity to modern day Germany. He arranged the mission of Saint Willibrord and others. From 716 on, he resided at Iona and took part in the controversy over the computation of Easter. He prevailed upon the Ionan monks to use the Roman method for computation, and he died on the first day that the Easter feast was observed by this manner in the monastery. His feast day in the Roman Catholic Church is April 24. Egbert
|
 |
|
| Copyright 2005-2009 OnPedia.com. All Rights Reserved |
|
|