Ekkehard II, Swiss monk and abbot

Ekkehard II, called Palatinus, was a monk of the Abbey of Saint Gall who became known for his sequence poetry.

Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the head of an independent monastery for men in various Western Christian traditions. The name is derived from abba, the Aramaic form of the Hebrew ab, and means "father". The female equivalent is abbess.

April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 252 days remain until the end of the year.