Saint Willibald | |
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 Statue of Saint Willibald in Eichstätt, by Christian Handschuher | |
| Bishop | |
| Born | ~700 AD Wessex |
| Died | ~787 AD Eichstätt, Duchy of Bavaria, East Francia |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Canonized | 938 AD by Pope Leo VII |
| Major shrine | Eichstätt Cathedral |
| Feast | 7 July |
| Patronage | Eichstätt |
Willibald (Latin: Willibaldus; c. 700 – c.787) was an 8th-century bishop of Eichstätt in Bavaria.
Information about his life is largely drawn from the Hodoeporicon of Willibald, a text written in the 8th century by Huneberc, an Anglo-Saxon nun from Heidenheim am Hahnenkamm who knew Willibald and his brother personally.[1] The text of the Hodoeporicon ("Itinerary") was dictated to Huneberc by Willibald shortly before he died.
Willibald's father was Richard the Pilgrim, and his mother Wuna of Wessex. His brother was Winibald and his sister was Walburga.[2]
Willibald was well-travelled and the first known Englishman to visit the Holy Land.[3] His shrine is at the Eichstätt Cathedral in Germany, where his body and relics from his journeys are preserved.
His feast day is 7 July.
- ^ Huneberc, and C. H. Talbot. "Hodoeporicon of Saint Willibald." Soldiers of Christ : Saints and Saint's Lives from Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. Ed. Thomas F. Noble and Thomas Head. New York: Pennsylvania State UP, 1995.
- ^ Bunson, Matthew, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson, comps. "Willibald (c. 700–786)." Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints. Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor, Inc., 2003.
- ^ Katherine I (1998). "Saint of the Day – July 7th". St. Patrick Catholic Church. Retrieved 23 December 2019.