Saint Willehad of Bremen

Saint Willehad of Bremen, also known as Willihad of Bremen, was born in the 8th century in Northumbria, England. He received his education in York and later became a Benedictine monk and priest. Willehad was a close friend of Blessed Alcuin, a prominent intellectual and theologian of the time. Not long after he entered monastic life, Willehad felt a calling to spread the Gospel throughout Western Europe....