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McClintock and Strong’s Cyclopaedia · 1867–1887

Eata

Eata (or Ecka) (1) First bishop of Hexham. A.D. 678, and the fifth of Lindisfarne, 681- 685, as originally from Northumbria, and abbot of Old Mielrose; he died October 26, 686.

(2) An anchorite of Crayke, in Yorkshire, who died in 767.

Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature, John McClintock and James Strong (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887). Public domain. Text from SwordSearcher’s module, as published by biblicalcyclopedia.com. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: titles misread in our source corrected from the Internet Archive’s scans of the printed volumes; paragraphs our source broke mid-sentence joined.