Roman Catholic Resources: Patron Saints

St. Willibrord

Patron Saint of Epilepsy, Netherlands
Feast Day Celebrated on November 7

Born 658 AD  - - -  Died November 7, 739 AD

Born in Northumbria, St. Willibrord was the Bishop of Utrecht, an Apostle of the Frisians, and the son of St. Hilgis.  He died at Echternach, Luxemburg.  Willibrord had made his early studies at the Abbey of Ripon near York, as a disciple of St. Wilfrid, and then entered the Benedictine Order. When twenty years old he went to Ireland and spent 12 years in the Abbey of Rathmelsigi.

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