Egno von Eppan

Egno von Eppan (died 25 May 1273) was the bishop of Brixen from 1240 to 1250, and then bishop of Trent until his death.

Egno belonged to the family of the counts of Eppan. He became a canon of the cathedral of Trent as an acolyte in 1232 and became a subdeacon in 1234. Bishop died on 18 November 1239 and by 8 April 1240 Egno had been elected to succeed him. He was probably chosen by the canons in the hope that his family might help the church resist the counts of Andechs, Gorizia and Tyrol.

At Nördlingen, Conrad IV granted Egno a privilege stating that nobody could cross the duchy of Brixen without the permission of either the emperor, the king or the bishop. At the same time, Egno entered into a business deal with Conrad's important advisor, Conrad of Winterstetten. A letter addressed to Egno from Bartholomew of Trent provides valuable information on the Mongols' movements. Conrad IV's crusade against the Mongols was preached in the diocese of Brixen, and even the Count Albert IV took the cross. He spent most of his later years in Bozen. He died on 25 May 1273 in Padua.