Index: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Home > Saint Egbert

Saint 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 ChurchThe Roman Catholic Church (often called simply the Catholic Church, but see Catholicism for other meanings of the term "Catholic Church") is a worldwide body of Christians in full communion with the Pope, the Bishop of Rome, and subscribing to the beliefs is April 24April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). There are 251 days remaining. Events 1184 BC Greeks enter Troy using the Trojan Horse (traditional). 1066 Halley's Comet spotted. 1704 The first regular newspaper in th.

Egbert

Read more »

<Hide>

Topics: Saint Egbert, Saint Methodius, Saint Lawrence Seaway...

Saint MethodiusSaint Methodius was a bishop of Great Moravia ("Moravia") (born Thessaloniki, Greece, 826; he died in the (unknown) capital of Great Moravia, April 6, 885). Saint Methodius was the main translator of the Bible into Old Church Slavonic (see also Slavic lan	Saint Lawrence SeawayThe Saint Lawrence Seaway is a series of canals along the Saint Lawrence River, that permits ocean-going vessels to reach the Great Lakes from the Atlantic Ocean. It begins at the port of Montreal, where the South Shore Canal (St-Lambert and Ste-Catherine	Saint HelenaFor alternate uses, see Saint Helena (disambiguation). Saint Helena is an island in the Atlantic Ocean 2,800 km off the west coast of Africa belonging to the United Kingdom. It is also the name of this island together with Ascension, Gough Island, Inacces
Saint PetersburgSaint Petersburg ( Russian: English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as (transliterated "Piter"), formerly known as Leningrad (, 1924- 1991) and Petrograd (, 1914- 1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the Gulf of Finland	Saint Kitts and NevisSaint Kitts and Nevis is an island nation in the Caribbean. Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis ( In Detail) National motto: Country Above Self Official language English Capital Basseterre Queen Elizabeth II Governor General Sir Cuthbert Sebastian Prime M	Saint LuciaAlternate use: see the Catholic saint Saint Lucy. Saint Lucia is an island nation in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north of the islands of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Saint Louis, Missouri
Saint Louis	Saint Louis Blues	Saint Kitts
Saint Agnes	Saint John Fisher College	Saint Piran

Non User