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Also known as Saint Willibrord, St. Willibrord, Willibrod, St. Willibrod, Saint Willibrod

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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Born
1868
Died
1946
Works
14

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Type
Choir
Origin
Netherlands

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Total plays
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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

Image
Portret van Willibrord, RP-P-1907-41.jpg
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Commons category
Saint Willibrord
date of death
0739-11-07
date of birth
0658-00-00
religious name
Clemens
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11 sections
Contents
  • 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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