Saint Swithbert

Also known as

• Swithbert the Elder
• Suidbert….
• Suitbert….
• Suitbertus….
• Swibert….
• Swidbert….
• Apostle of the Bructeri
• Apostle of the Frisians

Memorial

• 1 March

Profile

Studied in Ireland with Saint Egbert of Rathemigisi. 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, evangelizing the Frisians and Bructeri. Bishop in 693. Worked with Saint Wilfrid of York. Founded a Benedictine monastery at Werth on the Rhine (modern Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth, Germany) where he lived the rest of his life.

Born

• c.647

Died

• 1 March 713 near Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth, Germany of natural causes
• relics at monastery he founded at Werth, Germany

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• against angina
• against throat ailments
• angina sufferers
• Drevenack, Germany
• Germany

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Medieval Religion Listserv, by John Dillon
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Swithbert“. Saints.SQPN.com. 1 March 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>