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pope leo vii ~ 787 ad eichstätt 938 ad wessex 7 june 250px roman catholic church ~ 700 ad bishop cathedral of eichstätt 2010 willibald handschuher-figur spitalkirche eichstätt.jpg willibald
 saint willibald
willibald

saint willibald -lrb- born in wessex c. 700 and died c. 787 in eichstätt -rrb- was an 8th-century bishop of eichstätt in bavaria .
information about his life is largely drawn from the hodoeporicon of saint willibald , a text written in the 8th century by huneberc , an anglo-saxon nun from heidenheim am hahnenkamm who knew willibald and his brother personally .
the text of the hodoeporicon was dictated to huneberc by willibald shortly before he died .
his brother was saint winibald and his sister was saint walburga .
he was also related through his mother to saint boniface , and he was ordained to the priesthood and episcopacy by boniface .
today willibald is regarded as one of the most traveled anglo-saxons of his time , and some argue that he was the first known englishman to visit the holy land .
his shrine is at the eichstätt cathedral in germany , where his body and relics from his journeys are preserved .
his feast day is the 7th of june .
