Wilfrid II (died on 29 April in either 745 or 746), name also spelled Wilfrith, also known as Wilfrid the Younger, was the last
Bishop of York
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, as the see was converted to an
archbishopric during the time of his successor.
Life
Wilfrid was a monk at
Whitby and studied there when
Hilda
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was
abbess.
[ In 718 he was consecrated as ]coadjutor bishop
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to John of Beverley.[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 224]
Wilfrid was described as a very holy man, and interested in education.[
Wilfrid resigned the bishopric 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 Ripon, 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 martyrologies.[Farmer ''Oxford Dictionary of Saints'' p. 538]
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Bishops of York
8th-century English bishops
745 deaths
Northumbrian saints
8th-century Christian saints
Year of birth unknown