A portrait of St. Werenfrid
St. Werenfrid
d. c. 760
Feast
August 27 · VIII c.
Patron of
Vegetable gardeners · Elst · Missionaries
Order
Priest / Benedictine / Missionary
Anglo-Saxon Benedictine missionary in the Netherlands (d. c. 760), companion of St. Willibrord at Echternach, evangelized the Dutch province of Gelderland. Pre-Congregation.
Life & Times
Died: c. 760 · From: England / Netherlands.
Patronage
St. Werenfrid is invoked as the patron of vegetable gardeners, elst, missionaries. Those in these callings or circumstances often turn to this saint in prayer.
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