Wilfrid II
Bishop of York
Appointed718
Term ended732
PredecessorJohn of Beverley
SuccessorEcgbert
Orders
Consecration718
Personal details
Died29 April either 746 or 746
Sainthood
Feast day29 April
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Anglican Communion

Wilfrid II (died on 29 April in either 745 or 746), name also spelled Wilfrith, also known as Wilfrid the Younger, was the last bishop of York, as the see was converted to an archbishopric during the time of his successor.

Life

Wilfrid was a monk at Whitby and studied there when Hilda was abbess.[1] In 718 he was consecrated as coadjutor bishop to John of Beverley.[2]

Wilfrid was described as a very holy man, and interested in education.[3]

Wilfrid resigned the bishopric in 732.[2] He died on 29 April in either 745 or 746,[1] and was buried at Ripon, but it may have been his body that was later translated to Canterbury in the mistaken belief that it was that of the earlier Wilfrid.[4] The younger Wilfrid is considered a saint, with his feast day being 29 April.[3] However, he was never the object of strong cult, and only occasional mentions of him occur in martyrologies.[5]

Citations

  1. ^ a b Lapidge "Wilfrid II" Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England
  2. ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 224
  3. ^ a b Walsh A New Dictionary of Saints p. 624
  4. ^ Blair "Handlist of Anglo-Saxon Saints" Local Saints and Local Churches p. 560
  5. ^ Farmer Oxford Dictionary of Saints p. 538

References

  • Blair, John (2002). "A Handlist of Anglo-Saxon Saints". In Thacker, Aland; Sharpe, Richard (eds.). Local Saints and Local Churches in the Early Medieval West. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. pp. 495–565. ISBN 0-19-820394-2.
  • Farmer, David Hugh (2004). Oxford Dictionary of Saints (Fifth ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-860949-0.
  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  • Lapidge, Michael (2001). "Wilfrid II". In Lapidge, Michael; Blair, John; Keynes, Simon; Scragg, Donald (eds.). The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing. p. 476. ISBN 978-0-631-22492-1.
  • Walsh, Michael J. (2007). A New Dictionary of Saints: East and West. London: Burns & Oats. ISBN 978-0-86012-438-2.

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Christian titles Preceded byJohn of Beverley Bishop of York 718–732 Succeeded byEcgbert


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