Blessed Wittikund of Westphalia

Also known as

• Wittikund of Saxony
• Widukind of….

Memorial

• 7 January

Profile

Raised a pagan. Duke of Westphalia (in modern Germany). When Communion was given to Christian soldiers on Christmas night, he had a vision of the Christ Child. He converted to Christianity, was sponsored into the Church by Charlemagne, and baptized in 785.

Died

• c.804 in Enger, Germany
• relics transferred to Paderborn, Germany

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Heiligen 3s
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Wittikund of Westphalia“. Saints.SQPN.com. 7 January 2013. Web. 24 May 2013. <>