Wilfrid II of York

Saint Wilfrid II of York, called the Younger, was bishop of York in England and reposed on 29 April, in 744 by the Orthodox calendar, though other sources give 745 or 746. He was the last bishop of York before the see became an archbishopric under his successor.

He was a monk and studied at Whitby in the time of Abbess Hilda. In 718 he was consecrated coadjutor bishop to Saint John of Beverley, whose favourite disciple he was and whom he then succeeded. The sources describe him as a very holy man, concerned with learning. In 732 he resigned the see and lived at the monastery of Ripon, where he was buried. It may be, however, that the body later translated to Canterbury, in the mistaken belief that it was that of the earlier Saint Wilfrid, was in fact his.

He is held to be a saint and his memory falls on 29 April, but he was never the object of a strong cult, and the martyrologies mention him only occasionally.