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Werenfried
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 14 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
700
Died
760
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Werenfried (or Werenfrid, Werenfridus; died c. 780) was an English Benedictine monk, priest and missionary among the Frisians.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Sources
- Stanton, A Menology of England and Wales, 14 August — "At Elst, in Batavia, in Holland, the deposition of St. Werenfrid, Confessor. St. Werenfrid was one of the numerous English[men]..." — feast 14 August, as on the page.
- Wikidata Q1529655 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Werenfried of Elst (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.