Wulfram of Sens


Wulfram of Sens
St. Wulfram statue at his church in Grantham, Lincolnshire.
Confessor
Bornc. 640
probably Milly-la-Forêt, Essonne, in now France
Died20 March 703
Fontenelle, Kingdom of the Franks (now France)
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church,
Anglican Communion,
Eastern Orthodox Church
Major shrineAbbeville; Grantham
Feast20 March
15 October (Translation of his mortal remains)
AttributesBishop baptizing a young king; cleric with a young king nearby; cleric arriving by ship with monks and baptizing a king; baptizing the son of King Radbod
PatronageAbbeville, France

Wulfram of Sens or Wulfram of Fontenelle (also Vuilfran, Wulfrann, Wolfran; Latin: Wulframnus; French: Vulfran or Vulphran; c. 640 – 20 March 703[1]) was the Archbishop of Sens. His life was recorded eleven years after he died by the monk Jonas of Fontenelle. However, there seems to be little consensus about the precise dates of most events whether during his life or post mortem.

Wulfram is depicted in art as baptising a young king or the son of King Radbod. Sometimes the young king is near him and sometimes Wulfram is shown arriving by ship with monks to baptise the king. There are two churches dedicated to him in England, at Grantham, Lincolnshire, and Ovingdean, Sussex,[2] and two in France, one at Abbeville, in the département of Somme, the other in Butot, in the département of the Seine Maritime. As a patron saint, he protects against the dangers of the sea.

  1. ^ The year of his death has been variously dated between 700 and 720.
  2. ^ Dale, Antony (1989). Brighton Churches. London: Routledge. p. 205. ISBN 0-415-00863-8.