Venerable
Willeic
A disciple of Saint Swithbert and abbot at Kaiserswerth, reposed around 726.
- Feast
- March 2old style March 15
- Reposed
- 7268th century
- Place
- Kaiserwerth
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Venerable Willeic was a disciple of Saint Swithbert, who made him abbot of Kaiserswerth in Germany. Swithbert, born in Northumbria, had accompanied Saint Willibrord on the Anglo-Saxon mission. Willeic reposed around the year 726. He is venerated as a saint of the undivided Church and is commemorated on 2 March (new calendar).
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