Bishop Wilfrid

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Anglo-Saxon bishop Christian missionary saint

Bishop Wilfrid was a prominent 7th-century Anglo-Saxon church leader and missionary known for his role in the Synod of Whitby and for promoting Roman Christian practices in England.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Wilfrid	0
Saint Wilfrid	4
St Wilfrid	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anglo-Saxon bishop ⓘ Christian missionary ⓘ saint ⓘ
biographyTitle	Vita Sancti Wilfrithi NERFINISHED ⓘ
biographyWrittenBy	Stephen of Ripon NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace	Ripon NERFINISHED ⓘ
carriedOutMissionIn	Sussex NERFINISHED ⓘ
church	Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
consecratedBy	Agilbert, Bishop of Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Northumbria NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfBirth	c. 633 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	709 ⓘ
denomination	Roman Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
educatedBy	Dalfinus of Lyon NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	7th century ⓘ
exiledTo	Kingdom of the South Saxons NERFINISHED ⓘ
feastDay	12 October ⓘ
founded	Monastery at Selsey NERFINISHED ⓘ Ripon Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	Wilfrid NERFINISHED ⓘ
hadConflictWith	Archbishop Theodore of Tarsus NERFINISHED ⓘ King Ecgfrith of Northumbria NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	founding monasteries in Northumbria and Sussex ⓘ missionary work among the South Saxons ⓘ promoting Roman Christian practices in England ⓘ role in the Synod of Whitby ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ Old English NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	abbot ⓘ bishop ⓘ missionary ⓘ
opposed	Celtic Christian practices in Northumbria ⓘ
participatedIn	Synod of Whitby NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Northumbria NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Oundle NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Abbot of Ripon ⓘ Bishop of Hexham NERFINISHED ⓘ Bishop of Northumbria NERFINISHED ⓘ Bishop of York NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Anglo-Saxon England NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
supported	Roman calculation of Easter ⓘ
travelledTo	Lyon NERFINISHED ⓘ Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
yearOfEvent	664 (Synod of Whitby) NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Selsey → associatedWith → Bishop Wilfrid ⓘ

Diocese of Ripon → cathedralDedication → Bishop Wilfrid ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Wilfrid

St Wilfrid's Church, Standish → dedicatedTo → Bishop Wilfrid ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Wilfrid

St Wilfrid’s Church, Kirkharle → dedicatedTo → Bishop Wilfrid ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Wilfrid

Hexham Abbey → founder → Bishop Wilfrid ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Wilfrid

St Wilfrid’s Church, Hulme → namedAfter → Bishop Wilfrid ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Wilfrid