A portrait of St. Vulfran
St. Vulfran
c. 640 – 20 March 703
Feast
March 20 · VIII c.
Patron of
Missionaries · Seafarers · Abbeville
Order
Bishop / Missionary
Frankish missionary archbishop (c. 640-703), of Senonais nobility; Archbishop of Sens, then resigned to evangelize Frisia from Fontenelle abbey, where he is said to have rescued a child about to be sacrificed by the Frisians. Pre-Congregation.
Life & Times
Born: c. 640 · Died: 20 March 703 · From: Sens, France / Frisia.
Patronage
St. Vulfran is invoked as the patron of missionaries, seafarers, abbeville. Those in these callings or circumstances often turn to this saint in prayer.
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