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Major shrine
Echternach
Feast
7 November
Attributes
Dipping staff into cask
Patronage
Convulsions; epilepsy; epileptics; Luxembourg; Netherlands; Archdiocese of Utrecht, Netherlands
Willibrord (Latin: Villibrordus;[1] c. 658 – 7 November AD 739) was an Anglo-Saxon missionary and saint, known as the "Apostle to the Frisians" in the modern Netherlands. He became the first Bishop of Utrecht and died at Echternach, Luxembourg.
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Willibrord (Latin: Villibrordus; c. 658 – 7 November AD 739) was an Anglo-Saxon missionary and saint, known as the "Apostle to the Frisians" in the modern...
Willibrord Benzler OSB (16 October 1853 – 16 April 1921) was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Metz from 1901 to 1919. Born as Karl Heinrich Johann Eugen Benzler...
in eastern Luxembourg. The abbey was founded in the 7th century by St Willibrord, the patron saint of Luxembourg. For three hundred years, it benefited...
Willibrord Joseph Huygen (23 June 1922 – 14 January 2009) was a Dutch book author. He is best known for the picture books on gnomes, illustrated by Rien...
Willibrord Frequin (6 September 1941 – 26 May 2022) was a Dutch journalist and television presenter. Frequin was born in Arnhem, the son of Louis Frequin...
The Willibrord Society is an umbrella term for a group of national societies with the aim of promoting awareness and cooperation between Anglicans and...
beliefs. The main missionaries of the Netherlands were Willibrord, Bonifatius and Saint Eligius. Willibrord (658 – 739), appointed Bishop of Utrecht, came to...
Willibrord Jacob Maria Davids (17 October 1938 – 11 February 2024) was a Dutch jurist. He served as President of the Supreme Court from 2004 to 2008. Davids...
time there was an Archbishopric or bishopric of the Frisians founded for Willibrord and a marriage was held between Grimoald the Younger, the oldest son of...
of wars. With the approval of the Franks, the Anglo-Saxon missionary Willibrord converted the Frisian people to Christianity and established the Archdiocese...
born in Northumbria, England, in the seventh century, and accompanied Willibrord on the Anglo-Saxon mission. Suitbert was born in Northumbria. According...
Willebrord Snellius (born Willebrord Snel van Royen) (13 June 1580 – 30 October 1626) was a Dutch astronomer and mathematician, commonly known as Snell...
have founded Ribe, and reinforced Danevirke in 737. About 710, Saint Willibrord visited the Danes whilst Ongendus was ruling and returned with 30 boys...
Following this defeat, Redbad retreated to the island of Heligoland. Willibrord, a student of Wilfred's, was sent to christianise the pagan Frisians at...
the end of the 7th century. The most famous figure in this context is Willibrord, a Northumbrian missionary saint, who together with other monks established...
killing many missionaries. Willibrord and his monks were forced to flee to Echternach. Gerberding suggests that Willibrord had decided that the chances...
Willibrord van Os served as the thirteenth Archbishop of Utrecht from 1814 to 1825. Before serving as Archbishop of Utrecht, van Os served as grand vicar...
Willibrordus Ildefonsus Ignatius "Willibrord" van Beek (born 15 January 1949) is a retired Dutch politician and financial adviser. He is a member of the...
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