Eanbald II

Infobox Archbishop of York
name = Eanbald II


caption = A sceat of Eanbald II
consecrated = 14 August 796
began =unknown
term_end = about 808
predecessor = Eanbald I
successor = Wulfsige
birth_date = "unknown"
death_date = about 808
deathplace =
tomb =

Eanbald II (died c. 808) was an eighth century Archbishop of York and correspondent of Alcuin

Life

Eanbald was taught by Alcuin when Alcuin was the teacher of the school of York, and was affectionately nicknamed "Simeon" by Alcuin.Duckett "Alcuin" p. 28]

Eanbald II was consecrated the successor of his namesake to the archbishopric of York on 14 August, 796.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 224]

Alcuin wrote frequently to the new Archbishop, laying down many rules for the direction of his province.Duckett "Alcuin" p. 205-208] He sent many gifts to York, including a shipload of metal (stagnum) for the roof of the bell tower at York Minster.Duckett "Alcuin" p. 296-298]

Eanbald assisted Æthelhard, Archbishop of Canterbury, in recovering the rights of the See of Canterbury which had been despoiled by Offa.

In 798 he assembled his clergy in synod at Finchale, near Durham. There, he enacted a number of regulations relating to the ecclesiastical courts and the observance of Easter. He may have been the first to introduce the Roman Ritual in the church of York.Rollason "Eanbald (II) (fl. 796–803)" "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/8391 Online Edition] accessed 9 November 2007]

He became estranged from Eardwulf, king of Northumbria after denouncing Eardwulf's adulteries as well as Eanbald's sheltering of Eardwulf's enemies in church sanctuary.Ashley "Mammoth Book of British Kings & Queens" p. 293] Yorke "Kings and Kingdoms" p. 93]

He died sometime about 808, perhaps as late as 830, if numismatic evidence is correct.

Notes

References

* Ashely, Mike. "The Mammoth Book of British Kings & Queens". New York: Carroll & Graf. 1998. ISBN 0796706929
* Duckett, Eleanor Shipley. "Alcuin, Friend of Charlemagne: His World and His Work". New York: Macmillan Publishers. 1951. OCLC 1010576
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* Rollason, David "Eanbald (II) (fl. 796–803)" "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/8391 Online Edition] accessed 9 November 2007
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External links

* [http://www.britannia.com/bios/abofy/eanbald2.html Eanbald II at Britannia Biographies]
* [http://www.pase.ac.uk/pase/apps/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?personKey=3513 Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry on Eanbald]

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