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Wigbert

West Saxon saint

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Also known as Saint Wigbert · Wihtberht

Born: 670s
Died: August 13, 747
Birthplace: Kingdom of Wessex
Place of death: Fritzlar
Citizenship: Kingdom of Wessex
Occupation: missionary
, religious
Positions held: abbot
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Wihtberht or Wigbert born in Wessex around 675, was an Anglo-Saxon Benedictine monk and a missionary and disciple of Boniface who travelled with the latter in Frisia and northern and central Germany to convert the local tribes to Christianity. His feast day is August 13th in the Roman Catholic Church and on April 12th in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

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FFeast of Saint Wigbertfeast of Saint Wigbert, Confessor, Abbot of Fritzlar

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