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Saint [[Image:St. Willibrord.jpg|right|thumb|St. Willibrord , Bishop of Utrecht, Apostle of Frisia (Holland).]]Our father among the saints '''Clement''', in the world '''Willibrord''' (also ''Willibrod''), c.658-739. Born in Northumbria, he went to Ireland. From there he went to Friesland in Holland (c 690) accompanied by eleven other monks from England. Six years later he was consecrated bishop with the name [[Archbishop]] of Clement and he founded his Cathedral in Utrecht. His work with , [[Enlightener]] of the Frisians bore much fruitNetherlands, as also in Heligoland and Denmark. He founded [[Apostle]] to the monastery of Echternach in Luxembourg in 698 where his relics remainFrisians. His [[feast day ]] is celebrated on [[November 7]], and the [[Translation (relics)|translation]] of his [[relics]] on [[November 10]].
==References==Orthodox Europe: [http://orthodoxenglandBorn in Northumbria, he went to Ireland.orgFrom there he went to Friesland in Holland (c.uk/saintsw690) accompanied by eleven other [[monk]]s from England.htm Latin Saints Six years later he was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] [[bishop]] with the Orthodox Patriarchate name of Rome"Clement," and he founded his [[Cathedral]] in Utrecht. His work with the Frisians bore much fruit, as also in Heligoland and Denmark. He founded the [[monastery]] of Echternach in Luxembourg in 698 where his relics remain.
==External LinksSource==* [[whttp:Willibrord|Willibrord]]//orthodoxengland.org. (from Wikipedia)uk/saintsw.htm Orthodox Europe: Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome]
==External links==*Venerable [[Bede]], [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/bede-book5.html ''Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation'': Book V: 10, 11]*[[w:Willibrord|''Willibrord'' at Wikipedia]]* [http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Wood-NuttallEncyclopaedia/w/willibrodst.html Willibrod, St. (658-739)]. (1907 Nuttall Encyclopædia of General Knowledge)*[http://www.willibrord.lu/spip.php?article45 St. Willibrord] ([[Roman Catholic]])*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2urVyyyNcDw Supplicatory Canon to St.Willibrord] (video) [[Category:Bishops]][[Category:7th-century bishops]][[Category:Saints]][[Category:Saints of the British Isles]][[Category:Pre-Schism Western Saints]][[Category:8th-century saints]] [[ro:Sfântul Willibrord]]
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