See also:

• WILLIBRORD (or WILBRORD), ST (d. 738)

WILLIBRORD (or WILBRORD), ST (d. 738)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English missionary, " the apostle of the See also:

• FRISIANS (Lat. Frisii; in Med. Lat. Frisones, Frisiones, Fresones; in their own tongue Frsasa, FrPsen)

Frisians," was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born about 657 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, Wilgils, an See also:

• ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

Angle or, as See also:

• ALCUIN (Marmara)

Alcuin styles him, a Saxon, of See also:

• NORTHUMBRIA (regnum Northanhymbrorum)

Northumbria, withdrew from the See also:

• WORLD

world and constructed for himself a little See also:

• ORATORY (Lat. oratorio, sc. ors; from orare, to speak or pray)

oratory dedicated to St See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew . The See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king and nobles of the See also:

• DISTRICT

district endowed him with estates till he was at last able to build a See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, over which Alcuin afterwards ruled . See also:

• WILLIBRORD (or WILBRORD), ST (d. 738)

Willibrord, almost as soon as he was weaned, was sent to be brought up at See also:

• RIPON
• RIPON, GEORGE FREDERICK SAMUEL ROBINSON, 1ST MARQUESS OF (1827-1909)

Ripon, where he must doubtless have come under theinfluence of See also:

• WILFRID (c. 634-709)

Wilfrid . About the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of twenty the See also:

• DESIRE

desire of increasing his stock of knowledge (c . 679) See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew him to See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, which had so See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long been the headquarters of learning in western See also:

• EUROPE

Europe . Here he stayed for twelve years, enjoying the society of Ecgberht and Wihtberht, from the former of whom he received his See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission to missionary See also:

• WORK

work among the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North-See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German tribes . In his See also:

• THIRTY

thirty-third See also:

• YEAR

year (c . 69o) he started with twelve companions for the mouth of the See also:

• RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine . These districts were then occupied by the Frisians under their king, Rathbod, who gave See also:

• ALLEGIANCE (Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Lat. ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the Fr. allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from " liege," of which the derivatio

allegiance to See also:

• PIPPIN, or PEPIN

Pippin of See also:

• HERSTAL, or HERISTAL

Herstal . Pippin befriended him and sent him to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, where he was consecrated See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop (with the name Clemens) by See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope See also:

• SERGIUS, ST

Sergius on St See also:

• CECILIA, SAINT

Cecilia's See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

Day 696.1 See also:

• BEDE, BEDA, or B
• BEDE, CUTHBERT

Bede says that when he returned to Frisia his see was fixed in Ultrajectum (See also:

• UTRECHT
• UTRECHT, TREATY OF

Utrecht) . He spent several years in See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding churches and evangelizing, till his success tempted him to pass into other districts .

From See also:

• DENMARK
• DENMARK (Danmark)

Denmark he carried away thirty boys to be brought up among the See also:

• FRANKS
• FRANKS, SIR AUGUSTUS WOLLASTON (1826-1897)

Franks . On his return he was wrecked on the See also:

• HOLY

holy See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Fosite (See also:

• HELIGOLAND (Ger. Helgoland)

Heligoland), where his disregard of the See also:

• PAGAN
• PAGAN (Lat. paganus, of or belonging to a pagus, a canton, county district, village, commune)

pagan superstition nearly cost him his See also:

• LIFE

life . When Pippin died, Willibrord found a supporter in his son See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles Martel . He was assisted for three years in his missionary work by St See also:

• BONIFACE (Bonifacius)
• BONIFACE, SAINT (680-754)

Boniface (719-722), who, however, was not willing to become his successor . He was still living when Bede wrote in 731 . A passage in one of Boniface's letters to See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen III. speaks of his See also:

• PREACHING (Fr. preecher, from Lat. praedicare, to proclaim)

preaching to the Frisians for fifty years, apparently reckoning from the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of his See also:

• CONSECRATION (Lat. consecrallo, from con and sacrare, " to make sacred ")

consecration . This would See also:

• FIX, THEODORE (180o-1846)

fix the date of his See also:

• DEATH

death in 738; and, as Alcuin tells us he was eighty-one years old when he died, it may be inferred that he was born in 657—a theory on which all the See also:

• DATES

dates given above are based, though it must be added that they are substantially confirmed by the incidental notices of Bede . The day of his death was the 6th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November, and his See also:

• BODY

body was buried in the monastery of See also:

• ECHTERNACH

Echternach, near See also:

• TRIER (French Troves)

Trier, which he had himself founded . Even in Alcuin's time miracles were reported to be still wrought at his See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief authorities for Willibrord's life are Alcuin's Vita Willibrordi, both in See also:

• PROSE

prose and in See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse, and Bede's Hist . Eccl. v. cc . 9-11 .

See also See also:

• EDDIUS (AEDDI)

Eddius's Vita Wilfridii, and J . See also:

• MABILLON, JOHN (1632-1707)

Mabillon, Annales ordinis sancti Benedicti, See also:

• LIB

lib. xviii .