Willibrord
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Willibrord (; 658 – 7 November AD 739) was an Anglo-Saxon monk, bishop, and missionary. He became the first Bishop of Utrecht in what is now the Netherlands, dying at Echternach in Luxembourg, and is known as the "Apostle to the Frisians".
Key facts
- Saint.honorific_prefix
- Saint
- Saint.name
- Willibrord
- Saint.honorific_suffix
- OSB
- Saint.birth_date
- c. 658
- Saint.death_date
- (aged 81)
- Saint.feast_day
- 7 November
- Saint.venerated_in
- Catholic ChurchEastern Orthodox ChurchAnglican CommunionOld Catholic Church
- Saint.image
- Georg Sturm, Willibrordus predikt het Christendom aan de Friezen.jpg
- Saint.caption
- Willibrord preaching to the Frisians. Mural in the Rijksmuseum by .
- Saint.birth_place
- Northumbria
- Saint.titles
- Bishop
- Saint.attributes
- Dipping staff into cask
- Saint.patronage
- Convulsions; epilepsy; epileptics; Luxembourg; Netherlands; Archdiocese of Utrecht, Netherlands
- Saint.major_shrine
- Echternach
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Northumbria
- Place of birth
- Kingdom of Northumbria
- Place of death
- Echternach
- Father
- Willigis
- Occupation
- Catholic bishop
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Student of
- Wilfrid
- Image
- Portret van Willibrord, RP-P-1907-41.jpg
- Religious order
- Benedictines
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- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- Commons category
- Saint Willibrord
- date of death
- 0739-11-07
- date of birth
- 0658-00-00
- consecrator
- Sergius I
- feast day
- November 7
- religious name
- Clemens
- topic's main category
- Category:Saint Willibrord
- subject has role
- bishop
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Frisia
- Veneration
- Sources
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Citations
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Willibrord (; 658 – 7 November AD 739) was an Anglo-Saxon monk, bishop, and missionary. He became the first Bishop of Utrecht in what is now the Netherlands, dying at Echternach in Luxembourg, and is known as the "Apostle to the Frisians".
==Early life==
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