Wigbert
West Saxon saint
b. 670s · d. 13 Aug 747
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.
Related people
- Saint Boniface disciple of · traditional
- Ecgberht of Ripon disciple of · traditional
Commemorated
Places
- Kingdom of Wessex birth
- Fritzlar death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.