Saint Engelmund (Engelmond, Ingelmund) of Velsen (died 14 May c. 739) was an English-born

missionary A missionary is a member of a Religious denomination, religious group who is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.Thoma ...

Frisia Frisia () is a Cross-border region, cross-border Cultural area, cultural region in Northwestern Europe. Stretching along the Wadden Sea, it encompasses the north of the Netherlands and parts of northwestern Germany. Wider definitions of "Frisia" ...

. He was educated in his native country and entered the

Benedictine Order The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (, abbreviated as O.S.B. or OSB), are a mainly Christian mysticism, contemplative Christian monasticism, monastic Religious order (Catholic), order of the Catholic Church for men and f ...

. He was

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are Consecration in Christianity, consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the religious denomination, denominationa ...

a priest and later became an

abbot Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the head of an independent monastery for men in various Western Christian traditions. The name is derived from ''abba'', the Aramaic form of the Hebrew ''ab'', and means "father". The female equivale ...

Life

Although born in England, he had lived in Friesland with his parents and so knew the language. He traveled to Frisia to join

Saint Willibrord Willibrord (; 658 – 7 November AD 739) was an Anglo-Saxon monk, bishop, and missionary. He became the first Bishop of Utrecht in what is now the Netherlands, dying at Echternach in Luxembourg, and is known as the "Apostle to the Frisians". Ea ...

in evangelizing the region. Engelmund was based at

Velsen Velsen () is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is located on both sides of the North Sea Canal. On the north side of the North Sea Canal there is a major steel plant, Tata Steel IJmuiden, formerly known as ...

near

Haarlem Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English language, English) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the Provinces of the Nether ...

, where he later died at an advanced age, of fever.

Iconography

Saint Engelmund is depicted as a pilgrim abbot with a fountain springing under his staff.Roeder, H., ''Saints and Their Attributes: With a Guide to Localities and Patronage''. Chicago: Henry Regnery Company. 1956

References

External links

Saints of June 21: Engelmund of Velsen

{{DEFAULTSORT:Engelmund Of Velsen Dutch Roman Catholic saints 739 deaths Dutch Benedictines People from Velsen 8th-century Christian saints Anglo-Saxon Benedictines Year of birth unknown