Wilfrid [a] (c. 633 – 709 or 710) was an English bishop and saint. Born a Northumbrian noble, he entered religious life as a teenager and studied at Lindisfarne, at Canterbury, in Francia, and at Rome; he returned to Northumbria in about 660, and became the abbot of a newly founded monastery at Ripon.

Saint Wilfrid (born 634, Northumbria, Eng.—died April 24, 709/710, monastery of Oundle, Mercia, Eng.; feast day October 12) was one of the greatest English saints, a monk and bishop who was outstanding in bringing about close relations between the Anglo-Saxon Church and the papacy.

St. Wilfrid was an outstanding personage of his day, extremely capable and possessed of unbounded courage, remaining firm in his convictions despite running afoul of civil and ecclesiastical authorities. He helped bring the discipline …

St. Wilfrid is known as the patron saint of Northumbria. His feast day is celebrated on October 12th . Wilfrid played a crucial role in converting the Anglo-Saxon people of Northumbria to Christianity and establishing the Roman form of Christian observance in England.

Beyond all others of his time, St. Wilfrid stands out as the great defender of the rights of the Holy See. For that principle he fought all through his life, first against Colman and the Scottish monks from Iona, and then against Theodore and his successor in the See of Canterbury; and much of his life was spent in exile for this reason.

3 days ago · During his tenure Wilfrid worked to enforce Roman ritual, founded Benedictine monasteries, and rebuilt the minster of York, all while living a simply and holy life himself.

Aug 2, 2022 · Historian Marc Morris selected St Wilfrid as a historical figure worthy of 15 minutes of fame. We are well-informed about Wilfrid’s life, Morris explains, because the Anglo-Saxons converted from paganism to Christianity in the course of …

May 29, 2018 · Wilfrid, St (c.633–709), Northumbrian-born bishop of York and afterwards of Hexham, who at the Synod of Whitby in 664 was a chief proponent of the case for calculating the date of Easter by the Roman rather than the Celtic method. His feast day is 12 October.

The Vita Sancti Wilfrithi or Life of St Wilfrid (spelled "Wilfrid" in the modern era [2]) is an early 8th-century hagiographic text recounting the life of the Northumbrian bishop, Wilfrid.

St Wilfrid is credited as the man who introduced Christianity to Pagan Sussex. Without St Wilfrid, some of the first Saxon wooden churches might not have been built and the fine stone buildings which replaced them might not be quite as prolific.