Richard the Pilgrim

Righteous Richard the Pilgrim was an Anglo-⁠Saxon nobleman of Wessex, the husband of Wuna and father of Saints Willibald, Winnebald and Walburga. He set out with his family on a pilgrimage but died on the way at Lucca in the year 720 and was buried in the church of Saint Fridianus. The name Richard and the title of king of the English are absent from the earliest sources and seem to be additions made by the monastery of Heidenheim in the tenth century. His relics were displayed at Lucca and at Eichstätt as early as the twelfth century. He is venerated as a saint of the undivided Church and is commemorated on 7 February (new calendar).