Egilbert of Moosburg

Egilbert of Moosburg was the seventeenth bishop of Freising in Bavaria, from 1005 to 1039, and he died on 4 November 1039. He was born around 970 to 975. At Freising he is honored as a blessed.

His origin is not certain; he may have come from the family from which the counts of Moosburg would arise in the 11th century. His brother was steward in the service of King Henry II. Right after his election as king, Henry made Egilbert chancellor for Italy and Germany. In the summer of 1005 he was raised to be bishop of Freising and was consecrated on 26 August. On 1 November 1007 he was at the synod of Frankfurt to sign the charter for the founding of the bishopric of Bamberg. He is attested in almost one hundred charters as a constant companion of the king.

After the childless death of Henry II, on 13 July 1024, he took part on 4 September in the electoral assembly at Kamba. He remained close to the kings under Conrad II as well. In the 1020s he was the tutor of Conrad's son Henry III, between 1029 and 1033 by one account. In March 1029 he received Conrad II at Freising. In 1031, on behalf of the duke, he negotiated peace with Hungary. He is said to have asked the king in 1010 for the rebuilding of the destroyed monastery of Polling.

He is honored locally as a blessed; no Orthodox synodal canonization is known.