{"id":4681,"date":"2025-02-25T07:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T12:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=4681"},"modified":"2025-02-25T07:48:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T12:48:59","slug":"446-st-willibald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=4681","title":{"rendered":"446- St Willibald, Bishop to Eichst\u00e4tt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/35417010\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/stats-code\/schedule2508\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:44px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Saint Willibald is the 4<sup>th<\/sup> of 6 saints from an English family who lived in the 700\u2019s. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>He was the son of Saint Wuna and Richard of Wessex, and nephew of St. Boniface and brother to St Winebald and St Valpurga.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:83px\" 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\" width=\"380\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Willibald.jpg\" alt=\"Color Illustration of St. Willibald\" class=\"wp-image-2701\" 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: 380px) 85vw, 380px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><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<div style=\"height:78px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>His parents, as a part of their prayers to God, pledged to place the child into Divine service as a monk should he survive.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong>St Willibald experienced a miraculous cure and studied to become a monk. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:79px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\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 class=\"wp-element-caption\">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<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong>At one point he was tasked to become a Bishop.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:23px\"><strong>Because he had a diplomatic nature, he successfully handled situations between various challenges from the different pressures of a pilgrim church in Eichst\u00e4tt<\/strong>, <strong>Germania. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:27px\"><strong>The church in Eichst\u00e4tt thrived under his guidance.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:78px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>For more about St Willibald:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/heavyangloorthodox.blogspot.com\/2019\/06\/holy-hierarch-willibald-pilgrim-of.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>The Heavy Anglo Orthodox.blogspot.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a 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