- Ekkehard of Huysburg
The Blessed Ekkehard of Huysburg was a member of the cathedral chapter at
Halberstadt andBenedictine abbot ofKloster Huysburg inSaxony-Anhalt inGermany .Ekkehard lived in the 11th century. In about 1070 he was appointed by Bishop Burchard II of Halberstadt as the spiritual director of the anchorite Pia, who lived to the north of Halberstadt in the mountainous area called the Huy.
After a short time other men and women gathered there, and Ekkehard founded in 1080 the double monastery (i.e., for both monks and nuns) of the
Huysburg ("fortress on the Huy"), of which he was elected the first abbot. Bishop Burchard consecrated him the following year; he resigned the office of abbot three years later.Ekkehard died
28 June 1084 and was buried in the abbey church of Huysburg.In 1121 he was beatified. His feast day is
28 June .
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