Wilfrid II (bishop of York)
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Wilfrid II (died on 29 April in either 745 or 746), name also spelled Wilfrith, also known as Wilfrid the Younger, was the last
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
martyrologies.[5]
Citations
- ^ a b Lapidge "Wilfrid II" Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England
- ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 224
- ^ a b Walsh A New Dictionary of Saints p. 624
- ^ Blair "Handlist of Anglo-Saxon Saints" Local Saints and Local Churches p. 560
- ^ 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; 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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