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Wulfram of Sens | |
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Confessor | |
Born | c. 640 probably Milly-la-Forêt, Essonne, in now France |
Died | 20 March 703 Fontenelle, Kingdom of the Franks (now France) |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Eastern Orthodox Church |
Major shrine | Abbeville; Grantham |
Feast | 20 March 15 October (Translation of his mortal remains) |
Attributes | Bishop 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 |
Patronage | Abbeville, 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.