Saint Willibrord of Echternach
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- Also known as
- Apostle of the Frisians
- Memorial
- 7 November
- Profile
- Son of Saint Hilgis.
Educated at Ripon and Ireland under Saint Egbert.
Missionary to Friesland and Luxembourg with Saint Swithbert.
Benedictine monk.
Founding bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands in 695.
Worked with Saint Boniface, Saint Rumold, Saint Werenfridus, and Saint Adalbert of Egmond.
Founded monasteries.
- Born
- 658 at Northumbria, England
- Died
- 7 November 739;
relics at Echternach
- Patronage
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against convulsions
against epilepsy
convulsives
epileptics
Holland
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Utrecht, Netherlands, archdiocese of
- Additional Information
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Catholic Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia Britannica
Vietnamese Eucharistic Youth Society
The Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Brunson
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