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The life of St. Willibrod
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  • I
    [p. -] 1: Beornrade, abbot of Willibrord's monastery at Echternach and later Archbishop of Sens.


  • 2
    [p. -] 1: Willibrord was born, probably, 6 November 658.


  • 3
    [p. -] 1: This is probably the correct interpretation ot the phrase "when he was weaned ". The abbot at t[...]
    [p. -] 2: He received the tonsure and made his monastic profession about the age of fifteen; cf. the lette[...]


  • 4
    [p. -] 3: Though the renown of the Irish schools was well deserved, it does not reflect adversely on the la[...]
    [p. -] 1: Ecgbert was Abbot of Rathmelsigi, probably Mellifont in Co. Louth. In 664 he had gone into volunt[...]
    [p. -] 2: Wichtberct was a companion of Ecgbert and had spent many years in Ireland. He went on a rnission[...]


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    [p. -] 1: Willibrord's church was built from the rums of the old Roman camp at Fectio (Vecht).
    [p. -] 2: From the beginning of his reign in 697 Radbod had been antagonistic to anything that savoured of[...]
    [p. -] 3: Pippin II, mayor of the palace of Clovis II. He it was who gave the church at Antwerp, previously[...]


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    [p. -] 4: Pope Sergius I, 687701. Alcuin only mentions one journey to Rome, but there were two.


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    [p. -] 1: Alcuin has made a mistake. The church meant is St. Cecilia in Trastevere. The day of consecratio[...]
    [p. -] 2: Several churches still preserve the relics brought back from Rome by Willibrord, e.g. Emmerich a[...]


  • 9
    [p. -] 1: Ongendus has been identified with Ongentheow of Beowulf.


  • 10
    [p. -] 1: Fositeland or Heligoland.


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    [p. -] 1: Pippin died 14 December 714. At this juncture Radbod revolted, and during the disturbances that [...]
    [p. -] 2: Charles Martel, the natural son of Pippin. He obliged Radbod to raise the siege of Cologne and t[...]


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    [p. -] 1: The property for this foundation had been given to Willibrord in 714 by Plectrude, wife of Pippi[...]


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    [p. -] 1: Probably St. MarienadMartyres, where the portable altar of St. Willibrord is still preserved.


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    [p. -] 1: It was the custom to fasten iron rings on the limbs of penitents as a sign of their repentence.


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