St Willibrord of Echternach – Feast Day – November 7 2023

St Willibrord of Echternach was also known as Clement of Echternach, Willibrordus, or Apostle of the Frisians.

He was the founding bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands.

He was born in 658 AD at Northumbria, England. He died on November 7 739 AD in Echternach, Luxembourg.

We celebrate his feast day on November 7 every year in the Catholic Church.

St Willibrord of Echternach Biography

St. Willibrord of Echternach was the son of St. Hilgis. He was educated at Ripon, England, and in Ireland under St. Egbert. He was a missionary to Friesland and Luxembourg with St. Swithbert.

He became a Benedictine monk and later became the first bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands in 695 AD after ordination by Pope Saint Sergius I.

Willibrord founded several monasteries. He worked with St. Boniface, St. Rumold, St. Werenfridus, St. Engelmund and St. Adalbert of Egmond.

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