{"id":2692,"date":"2021-08-17T07:40:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T11:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=2692"},"modified":"2021-08-17T07:45:35","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T11:45:35","slug":"262-st-willibald-4th-of-the-6-family-of-saints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=2692","title":{"rendered":"262- St Willibald, 4th (of 6) family members to be a saint!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/20158772\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/stats-code\/series21_Episode33\/\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">St. Willibald is the 4<sup>th<\/sup> of 6 saints from an English family who lived in the 700\u2019s. Son of Ss. Wuna and Richard of Wessex, nephew of St. Boniface and brother of Ss. Winebald and Valpurga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Willibald.jpg\" alt=\"Color Illustration of St. Willibald\" class=\"wp-image-2701\" width=\"356\" height=\"655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Willibald.jpg 380w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Willibald-163x300.jpg 163w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 356px) 85vw, 356px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.co.uk\/pin\/332070172528292473\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">St. Willibald credit- https:\/\/www.pinterest.co.uk\/pin\/332070172528292473\/<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was St. Willibald who miraculously recovered from the near-death experience at the age of 3. As a part of their prayers to God, his parents pledged to place the child into Divine service as a monk should he survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">St Willibald really did not want to become a bishop, but his diplomatic nature in the way he could handle situations between various challenges from the different pressures of a pilgrim church in Germania made him the perfect candidate for his role. The church thrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"957\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2880px-Heilige_Wuna_rechts-1400x957.jpg\" alt=\"Graffiti of the family of saints from wiki commons\" class=\"wp-image-2685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2880px-Heilige_Wuna_rechts-1400x957.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2880px-Heilige_Wuna_rechts-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2880px-Heilige_Wuna_rechts-768x525.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2880px-Heilige_Wuna_rechts-1536x1050.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2880px-Heilige_Wuna_rechts-2048x1399.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2880px-Heilige_Wuna_rechts-1200x820.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>St Wuna is on the right along with her husband Richard, then Winebald, St Valpurga and St Williebald from Wikicommons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>For more about St Willibald, here are my primary sources:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/heavyangloorthodox.blogspot.com\/2019\/06\/holy-hierarch-willibald-pilgrim-of.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Heavy Anglo Orthodox.blogspot.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cor-mariae.com\/threads\/st-willibald-bishop-of-aichstadt-confessor.1800\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cor Marie.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/religion\/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps\/willibald-eichstatt-st\" target=\"_blank\">Encyclopedia.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newadvent.org\/cathen\/15644c.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Advent.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I value feedback through the comments section here<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OR- Better via email at <a href=\"mailto:NikosSteves@gmail.com\">NikosSteves@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The origin of these podcasts began with my book <em>The Constant Procession.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Constant Procession (the podcast) is published here every Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:52px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/The-Podcast-Academy-Member-Card-lemon.png\" alt=\"The Podcast Academy Member Logo\" class=\"wp-image-2191\" width=\"507\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/The-Podcast-Academy-Member-Card-lemon.png 360w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/The-Podcast-Academy-Member-Card-lemon-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/The-Podcast-Academy-Member-Card-lemon-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 507px) 85vw, 507px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Willibald is the 4th of 6 saints from an English family who lived in the 700\u2019s. Son of Ss. Wuna and Richard of Wessex, nephew of St. Boniface and brother of Ss. Winebald and Valpurga. It was St. Willibald who miraculously recovered from the near-death experience at the age of 3. 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