Thiofrid (died 1110) was the

Benedictine , image = Medalla San Benito.PNG , caption = Design on the obverse side of the Saint Benedict Medal , abbreviation = OSB , formation = , motto = (English: 'Pray and Work') , foun ...

abbot of

Echternach Abbey The Abbey of Echternach is a Benedictine monastery in the town of Echternach, in eastern Luxembourg. The Abbey was founded in the 7th century by St Willibrord, the patron saint of Luxembourg. For three hundred years, it benefited from the pat ...

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

relic In religion, a relic is an object or article of religious significance from the past. It usually consists of the physical remains of a saint or the personal effects of the saint or venerated person preserved for purposes of veneration as a tangi ...

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

Willibrord Willibrord (; 658 – 7 November AD 739) was an Anglo-Saxon missionary and saint, known as the "Apostle to the Frisians" in the modern Netherlands. He became the first bishop of Utrecht and died at Echternach, Luxembourg. Early life His fathe ...

; in connection with the link between

Walcheren Walcheren () is a region and former island in the Dutch province of Zeeland at the mouth of the Scheldt estuary. It lies between the Eastern Scheldt in the north and the Western Scheldt in the south and is roughly the shape of a rhombus. The two ...

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

Frisia Frisia is a cross-border cultural region in Northwestern Europe. Stretching along the Wadden Sea, it encompasses the north of the Netherlands and parts of northwestern Germany. The region is traditionally inhabited by the Frisians, a West Ger ...

to mediate between the inhabitants and a son of

Baldwin of Flanders Baldwin I ( nl, Boudewijn; french: Baudouin; July 1172 – ) was the first Emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople; Count of Flanders (as Baldwin IX) from 1194 to 1205 and Count of Hainaut (as Baldwin VI) from 1195-1205. Baldwin was on ...

.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 of ...

(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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