Editing Ecgfrith of Northumbria

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{{Character Infobox
|image = DTVA - Illustration of Saint Cuthbert and King Ecgfrith.jpg
|birth = 645
|death = 20 May 685<br>{{Wiki|Dunnichen|Dùn Neachdain}}, [[Scotland|Kingdom of Alba]]
|species = [[Human]]
|affiliates = [[Northumbria|House of Northumbria]]
}}
'''Ecgfrith''' (645 – 687) was the King of {{Wiki|Deira}} from 664 to 670, then the King of [[Northumbria]] from then until his death.

==Biography==
===Life===
By 654, Ecgfrith visited the hermit Cuthbert,<ref name="DTVA">''[[Discovery Tour: Viking Age]]'' – [[Learnings: Bishops: A Divided Duty]]</ref> asking him to take back up his charge. Cuthbert was then later consecrated in [[York]] on 26 March 685.<ref>{{WP|Cuthbert}}</ref>

===Legacy===
Ecgfrith's visit to Cuthbert was later compiled by the historian monk [[Bede]] in the ''Vita S Cuthberti'' by the early 700s. Said work was then later adapted into an illustrated codex in the 12th century.<ref name="DTVA"/>

==Appearances==
*''[[Discovery Tour: Viking Age]]'' {{Io}}

==References==
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[[Category:645 births]]
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