Willibrord

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Willibrord was an Anglo-Saxon missionary and saint known as the "Apostle to the Frisians" and a key figure in the early Christianization of the Low Countries.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Saint Willibrord 15
Willibrord canonical 10
Winfrid 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Saxon person
Christian missionary
bishop
human
saint
activeYearsEnd 739
activeYearsStart c. 690
canonizationStatus pre-congregation saint
consecratedBy Pope Sergius I
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Northumbria
dateOfBirth c. 658
dateOfConsecration 695
dateOfDeath 7 November 739
educatedAt Abbey of Rath Melsigi
Ripon Abbey
era Early Middle Ages
ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxons
father Wilgils
feastDay 7 November
founded Abbey of Echternach
linked to: Echternach Abbey
givenName Willibrord
languageOfWorkOrName Latin
Old English
nickname Apostle to the Frisians
notableStudent Boniface
linked to: Saint Boniface
notableWork Christianization of Frisia
Christianization of the Low Countries
founding of the Abbey of Echternach
mission to the Frisians
occupation abbot
bishop
missionary
patronage Archdiocese of Utrecht
Luxembourg
Netherlands
placeOfBirth Northumbria
placeOfBurial Echternach Abbey
placeOfConsecration Rome
placeOfDeath Echternach
positionHeld Archbishop of the Frisians
Bishop of Utrecht
primaryWorkLocation Echternach
Frisia
Low Countries
Utrecht
religion Christianity
religiousOrder Benedictines
sexOrGender male
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bishopric of Utrecht firstBishop Willibrord
Frisia associatedWithPerson Willibrord
St. Willibrordus Church, Hulst namedAfter Saint Willibrord
linked to: Willibrord
St. Willibrordus Church, Hulst dedicatedTo Saint Willibrord
linked to: Willibrord
Vita Willibrordi mainSubject Saint Willibrord
linked to: Willibrord
Vita Willibrordi hasCharacter Saint Willibrord
linked to: Willibrord
St. Willibrorduskerk dedicatedTo Saint Willibrord
linked to: Willibrord
St. Willibrorduskerk namedAfter Saint Willibrord
linked to: Willibrord
Bishop of Utrecht officeHolder Willibrord
Willibrordi-Dom namedAfter Saint Willibrord
linked to: Willibrord
Saint Boniface birthName Winfrid
linked to: Willibrord
Echternach foundedBy Saint Willibrord
subject linked to: Echternach, Luxembourg
linked to: Willibrord
Echternach abbeyFoundedBy Saint Willibrord
subject linked to: Echternach, Luxembourg
linked to: Willibrord
Willibrord Kevin Keith Munn givenName Willibrord
Willibrord givenName Willibrord
Echternach Abbey foundedBy Willibrord
subject linked to: Echternach Abbey (site)
Echternach Abbey founder Saint Willibrord
subject linked to: Echternach Abbey (site)
linked to: Willibrord
Statue of Willibrord dedicatedTo Saint Willibrord
linked to: Willibrord
Statue of Willibrord honors Saint Willibrord
linked to: Willibrord
Statue of Willibrord depicts Saint Willibrord
linked to: Willibrord
Statue of Willibrord namedAfter Willibrord
Echternach dancing procession honours Saint Willibrord
linked to: Willibrord
Echternach procession honours Saint Willibrord
linked to: Willibrord