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".
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Willibrord was a choir based in the Netherlands. The artist is associated with five works.
The name Willibrord also refers to a historical figure who was born in 658 and died on 0739-11-07. This individual is categorized under "Saint Willibrord" in common media collections. Additionally, the name is linked to Willibrord Verkade, an author born in 1868 and died in 1946, who wrote fourteen works including *Yesterdays of an Artist-Monk* and *In Quest of Beauty*.
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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
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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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