Celtic and Old English Saints 12 April =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= * St. Wigbert of Ireland =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
St. Wigbert of Ireland, Preacher in Friesland -------------------------------------------------- Died 690. Anglo-Saxon Saint Wigbert became a disciple of the Irish Saint Egbert (f.d. April 24). After spending two years bringing the Gospel to Friesland, he returned to Ireland to die (Benedictines). Sources: ======== Benedictine Monks of Saint Augustine Abbey, Ramsgate. (1947). The Book of Saints. NY: Macmillan. For All the Saints: http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/ss-index.htm These Lives are archived at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/celt-saints *****************************************
