Saint Edbert of Northumbria

Memorial

• 20 August

Profile

King of Northumbria, England for 20 years after which he abdicated and retired to spent his last ten years in prayer and seclusion in a monastery in York, England.

Died

• 768

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Edbert of Northumbria”. Saints.SQPN.com. 14 June 2012. Web. 21 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-edbert-of-northumbria/>