Thiofrid (died 1110) was the

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abbot of

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, and writer of works in several different areas. He is one of the few medieval writers to discuss the cult of

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s, in his ''Flores epytaphii sanctorum''. He wrote on

Willibrord Willibrord (; 658 – 7 November AD 739) was an Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon monk, bishop, and missionary. He became the first Diocese of Utrecht (695–1580), Bishop of Utrecht in what is now the Netherlands, dying at Echternach in Luxembourg, and ...

; in connection with the link between

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, where a church was dedicated to Willibrord, and Echternach. Thiofrid travelled to

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to mediate between the inhabitants and a son of

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.Elizabeth van Houts, ''Herward and Flanders'', p. 206, in

Michael Lapidge Michael Lapidge, FBA (born 8 February 1942) is a scholar in the field of Medieval Latin literature, particularly that composed in Anglo-Saxon England during the period 600–1100 AD; he is an emeritus Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, a Fellow ...

(editor), ''Anglo-Saxon England'' (2000), .

References

*Hans-Joachim Reischmann (editor and translator) (1989), ''Willibrord, Apostel der Friesen: Seine Vita nach Alkuin und Thiofrid'' *Gernot Wieland, ''The Hermeneutic Style of Thiofrid of Echternach'', pp. 27–45, in Sian Echard and Gernot R. Wieland (editors), ''Anglo-Latin and its Heritage: Essays in Honour of A.G. Rigg on his 64th Birthday'' (2001) *Michele Ferrari, ''Gold und Asche. Reliquie und Reliquiare als Medien in Thiofrid von Echternachs ‘Flores epytaphii sanctorum’'', pp. 61–74. in Bruno Reudenbach and Gia Toussaint (editors) ''Reliquiare im Mittelalter'' (2005)

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