Eanbald I of York died on 10 August 796, was an 8th century

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Early life

Eanbald was a fellow student at York with

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under Æthelbert, his predecessor at York. Alcuin called him a "brother and most faithful friend."Duckett ''Alcuin'' pp. 22-23 Ethelbert put Alcuin and Eanbald in charge of rebuilding

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, as the duties of

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kept Ethelbert from handling the details.Duckett ''Alcuin'' p. 27

Archbishop

Eanbald was elected Archbishop of York in 780.Fryde et al., ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 224 Alcuin was sent by King Ælfwald I of

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to retrieve Eanbald's

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from

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in Rome.Duckett ''Alcuin'' p. 33 In 786 Eanbald presided over a church

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held in Northumbria with two papal legates from Adrian I and the king. Among the canons adopted were ones that debarred illegitimate children from inheriting kingdoms, that priests must not celebrate

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while bare-legged, that bishops should not debate secular affairs at church councils, that there should be a clear difference between canons,

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, and

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in dress and deportment, and that

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s must be given by all men to the Church.Duckett ''Alcuin'' pp. 154-157 He also probably presided over councils held in 782, 787, and 788.Rollason "Eanbald" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' Shortly before his death, he consecrated the new king Eardwulf of Northumbria. Eanbald's time as archbishop was a time of political instability in the Northumbrian kingdom. The synod of 786 condemned

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, probably because of the number of kings and royal kin that had been killed in the political struggles taking place in the kingdom of Northumbria. His archbishopric also witnessed the first attacks of the

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on Northumbria. The country was so widely ravaged, that in 790, the Yorkist scholar, Alcuin, deserted the city for the Frankish Court of

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Later life and death

On 26 May 796, Eanbald consecrated Ælfwald of Northumbria as king at York.Kirby ''Earliest English Kings'' p. 131 Eanbald died at the monastery of Etlete or Edete on 10 August 796, the monastery's exact location has not be determined. He was buried in

.Duckett ''Alcuin'' p. 205

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eanbald Year of birth unknown 796 deaths Archbishops of York 8th-century archbishops Burials at York Minster