WILLIBRORD

Willibrord: translation

(658–739)

Missionary. Willibrord was a pupil of the famous abbot and bishop Wilfried of York (c. 633–709). He lived as a monk in Northumbria and Ireland. In 690, he decided to bring Christianity to the Frisians in the Low Countries, an initiative ap proved by the pope. In 695, Willibrord was appointed archbishop of Utrecht, where he founded a church and a monastery. He died in the monastery of Echternach (now Luxembourg), which he also founded.