Saint Swithbert
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Also known as
- Apostle of the Frisians
- Suidbert
- Suitbert
- Suitbertus
- Swibert the Elder
- Swidbert
Profile
Studied in Ireland with Saint Egbert. Benedictine monk. Preacher. Spiritual teacher of Saint Willeic. One of a group of twelve English missionaries led by Saint Willibrord of Echternach who worked in Friesland, a group of islands off the coast of the Netherlands. Bishop in 693. Worked with Saint Wilfrid. Founded a Benedictine monastery at Werth on the Rhine (modern Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth, Germany) where he lived the rest of his life, and where his relics rest.
Born
- c.647
Died
- 1 March 713 near Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth, Germany of natural causes
- relics at Kaiserwerth
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Encyclopedia
- Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
