- WAERMUNDbishop. (Kemble, C. D. 155.) _ [Wreremunp (2).]
- WAIMERUS(Varmervus, WaAGrEMaAnus, 'Wrermarus), twenty-first bishop of Troyes, comes before us first as duke of Champagne, when h
- WALARICUS(Vatery), ST., founder and first abbat of the monastery of Leuconaus, at the mouth of the Somme, which, with the adjacen
- WALBURGIS, STFeb. 25 (WatbuRGA, WILBURGA, WALPURGA, WALTPURDE, WALpour, WarrurG, VaupourG, FALBOURG, GAU- BURGE, PERCHE), abbess of H
- WALDEBERTUS(Watzert, VALBER?), ST., third abbat of Luxeuil, where he succeeded St. Eustasius, whose disciple he was, about 625. We
- WALDETRUDIS, ST(Watrrupn, VavTRUDE, VAUDRU), Apr. 9, abbess of Mons Cas- trilocus, sister of St. Aldegundis. After her husband count Ma
- WALDHERE(Watpuert, WALDHER), the fifth bishop of London, successor of St. Erkenwald (¥. H. B. 617). His accession to the see is
- WALHSTOD(1), a monk of Lindisfarne, who had the privilege of waiting upon Cuthbert during his last illness at Farne in a.p, 685.
- WALPURGAabbess. [Waxpurcis.]
- WAMBAking of Spain, was elected notwithstanding his real or feigned reluctance, on the day of the death of his predecessor Re
- WANDOtwelfth abbat of Fontanelle (SaintWandrille), in Normandy, entered the monastery about the close of the 7th century, in
- WANINGUS(VAneEnG), ST., founder of the monastery of Fécamp (A.D. 658) and patron of the monastery of Ham in Picardy, was one of
- WAREMUND(Haddan and Stubbs, iii.
- WARIMBERTUS(GaRimsert), twenty-third bishop of Soissons, was abbat of St. Médard, and succeeded Drausius, but apparently was an int
- WARNEFRID([Pavuus (70) Draconus.]
- WARNULPHUSsaid to have been one of the Irish missionaries who went to the continent in the 7th century. He was bishop, and died in
- WATTUSking, attesting a charter. of Nothelm, king of South Saxons, 692, and one of Nunna, king of the same, 725. (Kemble, C. D
- WENDELINUS, STa solitary in the district of Tréves in the 7th century. The Bollandists publish the oldest life out of four known to th
- WEOHTHODNbishop. [Wuiornvy.] WERBURGA (1), queen of Kent. [WiuTrep.]
- WERBURGA(2), the daughter of Wulfhere, king of Mercia, by his wife St. Eormenhild, the caughter of Earcombert, king of Kent, and
- WEREMUND(1) (Wermunp), the sixth bishop of Worcester, in the ancient lists (IZ. H. _ B. p. 622). He succeeded bishop Milred, who
- WERENBERT'(WerenBerut, WAERENBERUT), the seventh bishop of the Middle Angles at Leicester (M. H. B. 624). He succeeded Unwona, in
- WERMUND(Kemble, C. D.1018; Haddan and Stubbs, iii. 518.) [Weremunn (1).] [C. H.]
- WERNBRIAT(Kemble,C. D.1018; Haddan and Stubbs, iii. 518.) (Werenserr.] ([C. H.]
- WETHUN(Kemble, C. D. 1012, 1015.) ({Wioruun. | (C. H.]
- WICTERPUSbishop of Ratisbon and Augsburg, died 654, (Boll. Acta SS. 18 Apr. ii. 548.) See other authorities in Chevalier's Source
- WIETHBERHTa priest, who, along with the abbats Coengils and Ingeld, was addressed by the abbat Aldhun and the abbesses Cneuburga a
- WIGBERT(1), (Wicrsercr, Vicrprrr), an associate of EGBuRT (5) the English missionary in Treland, and after haying passed many y
- WIGBODUS(Wianonp or WIGBALDE), a writer of the time of Charlemagne, who composed a commentary, in the shape of a dialogue, on th
- WIGFERTHpresbyter, of the diocese of — Lichfield, at the council of Clovesho, Oct. 12, 803 (Kemble, C. D. 1024). [C. 1]
- WIGHARD(1), a benefactor, who, according to a doubtful charter (Kemble, C. D. 13), dated October 672, bestowed forty " manentes
- WIGHEARDa presbyter at the council of Clovesho, Oct. 6, 808 (Kemble, C. D. 183 : Haddan and Stubbs, iii. 542); a presbyter of th
- WIGHEH(Wienxan, corruptly Wienxp), the eighth bishop of London, the successor of Eegwulf, and predecessor of Eadbriht (IZ. H.
- WIGMUNDabbat, at the council of Clovesho, in 794 (Kemble, C. D. 164, 167; Haddan and Stubbs, iii. 484, 485); at another in 798
- WIGNOTHa bishop, attesting the charter of Kenulf, king of Mercia, 811, for the foundation of the monastery of Winchelcomb. 'The
- WIGTHEGNpresbyter of the diocese of
- WIGTHEN(Wiernnrn, WictHEen), the fourteenth bishop of Winchester (IZ. H. B. 619), coming between Alhmund, who is last heard of
- WIHTBALDpresbyter at the council of Clovesho in 716 (Haddan and Stubbs, iii. 300). (c. HJ
- WIHTBURGAa daughter of Anna, king of the East Angles, sister of St. Etheldreda, and under her a nun at Ely. She was the reputed f
- WIHTREDking of Kent. He was a son of Egbert, who reigned from 664 to 673, and brother of Eadric, who, after reigning conjointly
- WILESINDUS(Vitesmunpvs), bishop of Agde, stands between Georgius and eighth Primus. In A.D. 673, along with Ranosindus his brother
- WILFRID(1), a name dear to the northern church. He was a native of Northumbria, and was born in 634. His parents were persons o
- WILGEFORTIS(Evurrorra, Liperata, LIBERATRIX, ONCOMMERA, ONTCOMMENA), virgin martyr, has a wide cultus on the Continent, as in Belgi
- WILICARIUS(Witnarivs, WILLIHARIUS, WoLcHarivs) bishop of Vienne, succeeded Austre-
- WILLEGODreputed to have been the first abbat of St. Alban's (Vitae aaiii Abbatum 8. Albani, a continuation of the Vitae Duorum O
- WILLEHAD(Wui1epap), first bishop of Bremen, was born c. A.D. 730° in the province of Northumbria, of Anglo-Saxon parents. Educat
- WILLIBALD, STJuly 7, traveller in the East and first bishop of Kichstiidt in Bavaria, known from a Life, or Odoeporicon (i.e. Itinera
- WILLIBRORD(Witriprope, WiLLBRorRD, Witbrop, WILEBRODE, WILLEBRODE), archbishop of Utrecht, is one of the Anglo-Saxons who issued f
- WINAbishop. [W11.]
- WINBERT(Wynezercut), abbat of the monastery in which Winfrid, or St. Boniface, resided after leaving that of Adestancestre. It
- WINEBAUDUS, STsecond abbat of
- WINEFRED(WenerreDA, WENNVREWY, Wixrrepa), Welsh saint in the 7th century, called also in Welsh GWENFREWI. Though her life is sai
- WINFRIDa priest and vestiarius in a cell of Lindisfarne described by Ethelwulf, q.v. [J. R.]
- WINFRITHthe sixth bishop of the Mercian church (Bede, H. Z. iii, 24; iy. 3, 5,6). He was appointed by archbishop Theodore in 672
- WINI(Wray), bishop of te West Saxons (Bede, H. L. iii. 7. 28; iv. 12). He was appointed by king Coinwalch, when, having beco
- WINNOCUS(Wix0o0), ST., first abbat of Wormhoult, in Flanders, at the close of the 7th and beginning of the 8th centuries, was, a
- WINTRAa West Saxon abbat, who, with Wynbert of Nursling and Beorwald of Glastonbury, sent or conducted Boniface (Wintrid) to c
- WINWALLUS(BeuUNNOC, GALNUTIUS, GUENGALOCUS, GUINALUS, GUINGALOE, GUNOLO, GUNWALLUS, GWAROG, GWENHOLL, GWENNY, GWEUNO, GWIGUOLEU,
- WIOTHUN(Weornun, WintHun), the ninth bishop of Selsey, coming between Tota and Ethelwulf (Jf. H. B.; p. 618). He succeeded to t
- WISO, WITHSO[Canprpus (16).] WITTERIC (Wirriric) (the latter is the
- WITTIZAking of Spain, son of EGIcA, g. v., associated with him in the kingdom, afterwards
- WLEDIG(Coneppa). The title of Wiledig or Gwledig, "prince" or "ruler," is applied to several Welsh chiefs, and occurs in the M
- WOLFHARDabbat of Adestancestre, the monastery in which Winfrid or St. Boniface was educated (Willibald, Vit. Bonif. num. i. in J
- WOR, WORR[A.tpwIN (2).]
- WULFHARDthe thirteenth bishop of Hereford, successor of Utel, and predecessor of Beonna (J H. B. 621). Utel is found subseribing
- WULFHERE(Wotruert), king of Mercia, 659—675. He was the second son of Penda and Kineswitha, and, after his father's death at Win
- WULFRAMNUS, STtwenty-seventh archbishop of Sens, in the last quarter of the 7th century, retired before his death to the monastery of
- WULFREDthe fifteenth archbishop of Canterbury, 805—832. He appears to have been a native of Kent and to have possessed consider
- WUNEBALDUSDec. 18 (WUNIBALDUS, WINEBALDUS), abbat of Heidenheim, was brother of Willibaldus and Walburgis. He accompanied Willibal