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Hierarch · 8th century

Saint Willibrord Enlightener of Frisia

Also known as Willibrordus

A Northumbrian missionary who became Archbishop of Utrecht and evangelized Frisia.

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Notes

Born 658, Northumbria; reposed 739, Echternach.

Sources: OrthodoxWiki; OCA Synaxarion (oca.org)