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Alcuin of York, who ended his days at St. Martin’s, Tours, in France, after working for Charlemagne at Aachen, wrote a biography of Willibrord, an early missionary in Frisia, mentioned also in Eddi’s life of Wilfrid. Alcuin made both a prose and a verse version: excerpts from both are recorded here. Willibrord studied at Ripon and in Ireland before crossing to the Continent to work as a missionary in Frisia, as well as making a journey to Rome.

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Eddi (or Stephanus) wrote a biography of Wilfrid, recounting the turbulent life of the controversial bishop and saint who worked for the Church and furthering his own career not only in the north of England but also for a time in Sussex. He also travelled on the Continent, visiting Rome on two occasions. In these excerpts we see him rebuilding churches at Ripon and York, on his travels, and at the centre of a conference at which Ælfflæd intervened, where a decision was taken as to Wilfrid’s future.

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I.26 - Alcuin, The Life of St Willibrord (from the Prose and VerseVersions)

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I.15 - Eddi, The Life of Wilfrid

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I.26 - Alcuin, The Life of St Willibrord (from the Prose and VerseVersions)

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I.15 - Eddi, The Life of Wilfrid

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