Feast November 7
Saint Willibrord
Bishop, patron of Convulsions · Feast November 7
Biography
Willibrord was an Anglo-Saxon monk, bishop, and missionary. He became the first Bishop of Utrecht in what is now the Netherlands, dying at Echternach in Luxembourg, and is known as the "Apostle to the Frisians".
Feast day
November 7
Patronage
- Convulsions
- epilepsy
- epileptics
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- Archdiocese of Utrecht
- Netherlands
Birth date
c. 658
Death date
739-11-07 (aged 81)
Canonization status
Canonized
Feast month
11
Wikidata qid
Q160714
Feast day of month
7