Wilfrid II (died on 29 April in either 745 or 746), name also spelled Wilfrith, also known as Wilfrid the Younger, was the last

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, as the see was converted to an

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during the time of his successor.

Life

Wilfrid was a monk at

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and studied there when

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was

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. In 718 he was consecrated as

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John of Beverley John of Beverley (died 7 May 721) was an English bishop active in the kingdom of Northumbria. He was the bishop of Hexham and then the bishop of York, which was the most important religious designation in the area. He went on to found the town ...

.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 224 Wilfrid was described as a very holy man, and interested in education. Wilfrid resigned the

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in 732. He died on 29 April in either 745 or 746,Lapidge "Wilfrid II" ''Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England'' and was buried at

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, but it may have been his body that was later translated to Canterbury in the mistaken belief that it was that of the earlier Wilfrid.Blair "Handlist of Anglo-Saxon Saints" ''Local Saints and Local Churches'' p. 560 The younger Wilfrid is considered a saint, with his feast day being 29 April.Walsh ''A New Dictionary of Saints'' p. 624 However, he was never the object of strong cult, and only occasional mentions of him occur in

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.Farmer ''Oxford Dictionary of Saints'' p. 538

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilfrid Bishops of York 8th-century English bishops 745 deaths Northumbrian saints 8th-century Christian saints Year of birth unknown