{"slug": "willibrord", "label": "Willibrord", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willibrord", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160714", "qid": "Q160714", "description": "Anglo-Saxon monk, bishop and missionary (c.658–739)", "entries": 10, "years": 9, "span": [658, 739], "span_label": ["658 CE", "739 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 6}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "netherlands", "label": "Netherlands", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "archdiocese-of-utrecht-6951580", "label": "Archdiocese of Utrecht (695–1580)", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "frisia", "label": "Frisia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "frisians", "label": "Frisians", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "york", "label": "York", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "order-of-saint-benedict", "label": "Order of Saint Benedict", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "luxembourg", "label": "Luxembourg", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "wilfrid", "label": "Wilfrid", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "episcopal-see", "label": "Episcopal see", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "franks", "label": "Franks", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "germany", "label": "Germany", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 658, "year_label": "658 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Willibrord, Anglo-Saxon missionary", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369710051#Births", "title": "658", "revid": 1369710051, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 690, "year_label": "690 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Willibrord, Anglo-Saxon missionary, travels from York with 12 Benedictine monks to Westkapelle, (modern Netherlands) to Christianize the pagan Frisians.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806273#Religion", "title": "690", "revid": 1340806273, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 695, "year_label": "695 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "November 21", "text": "November 21 – Willibrord, Northumbrian missionary, becomes the first bishop of Utrecht (Netherlands). He returns to Frisia to preach, and builds numerous churches (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806239#Religion", "title": "695", "revid": 1340806239, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 698, "year_label": "698 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Willibrord, Anglo-Saxon missionary, establishes an abbey at Echternach (Luxembourg), presented to him by Irmina, daughter of King Dagobert II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806584#Religion", "title": "698", "revid": 1340806584, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 700, "year_label": "700 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Willibrord, Anglo-Saxon missionary, founds a mission post at Emmerich am Rhein (Germany), in the Utrecht Diocese.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806781#Religion", "title": "700", "revid": 1340806781, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 703, "year_label": "703 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Wilfrid, Anglo-Saxon bishop, travels to Rome again, and is supported in his struggle to retain his see of York by the pope. On his way Wilfrid stops in Frisia (modern Netherlands), to visit Willibrord.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807078#Religion", "title": "703", "revid": 1340807078, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 714, "year_label": "714 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Civil War within the Pepinid clan: A revolt erupts between the Neustrian Franks and Frisians. King Radbod forces bishop Willibrord and his Benedictine monks to flee, and advances as far as Cologne (Germany). Frisia (modern-day Netherlands) once again becomes independent.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468088#Europe", "title": "714", "revid": 1364468088, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 716, "year_label": "716 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Boniface, Anglo-Saxon missionary, leaves England and travels to Frisia (the western parts of the modern-day Netherlands) to assist Willibrord, bishop of Utrecht, in his work to convert the pagan Frisians.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808331#Religion", "title": "716", "revid": 1340808331, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 739, "year_label": "739 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Willibrord, Anglo-Saxon bishop", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809724#Deaths", "title": "739", "revid": 1340809724, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 739, "year_label": "739 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Willibrord, the first bishop of Utrecht in the Netherlands, and Northumbrian missionary, dies at Echternach (modern Luxembourg).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809724#Religion", "title": "739", "revid": 1340809724, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}]}