Richard the Pilgrim
saint of the Christian Church
Feast: 7 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Richard the Pilgrim or Richard of Wessex (died 720) was an English nobleman and Christian saint. He was the husband of Wuna of Wessex and the father of the West Saxon saints Willibald, Winnibald, and Walpurga. He led his family on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land but died en route in Lucca, where he was buried in the church of Saint Fridianus.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Saint Walpurga Saint Child
- Willibald Saint Child“Willibald's father was Richard the Pilgrim, and his mother Wuna of Wessex.” — Wikipedia
- Winibald Saint Child
- Nominis (French Bishops' Conference) - Saint Richard, pere de sainte Walburge, de saint Willibald et de saint Wunibald — "La mort le surprit a Lucques en Italie qui le fete a cette date du 7 fevrier"; feast 7 February, as in our record.
- Wikidata Q1937309 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Richard the Pilgrim (CC BY-SA)
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