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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Willehad

735 - 789

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Willehad or Willihad (Latin: Willehadus/Willihadus); c. 745 AD – 8 November 789) was a Christian missionary and possibly the Bishop of Bremen from 787 AD.Willehad was born in Northumbria and probably received his education at York under Ecgbert. He was ordained after his education, and about the year 766, he went to Frisia, preaching at Dokkum and in Overijssel, to continue the missionary work of Boniface who had been martyred by the Frisians in 754. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willehad has received more than 26,213 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Willehad is the 1,615th most popular religious figure (up from 1,653rd in 2019), the 1,958th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,319th in 2019) and the 51st most popular British Religious Figure.

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  • 20

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  • 5.55

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Willehad ranks 1,615 out of 2,238Before him are Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow, Atri, Ad-Darazi, Francisco de Borja, Baba Sali, and Scipione Rebiba. After him are Audrys Bačkis, Saint Faith, Aga Khan II, Morteza Motahhari, Lucian Mureșan, and Antipope Callixtus III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 735, Willehad ranks 3Before him are Alcuin and Kardam of Bulgaria.  Among people deceased in 789, Willehad ranks 1After him is Al-Khayzuran.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Willehad ranks 1,958 out of 7,765Before him are William Ernest Henley (1849), Nehemiah Grew (1641), Michael Byrne (1943), Andrew Irvine (1902), Ken Tyrrell (1924), and Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots (1404). After him are Hugh Bonneville (1963), David Tennant (1971), John Byron (1723), Robert Watson-Watt (1892), Bill Bruford (1949), and Henry Allingham (1896).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Willehad ranks 51Before him are Stephen Langton (1150), Joseph Butler (1692), Sigfrid of Sweden (1000), Mary Ward (1585), Willibald (700), and Cuthbert (635). After him are Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (1516), Saint Alban (300), Barbara West (1911), Charles Wesley (1707), George Cruikshank (1792), and Richard Williamson (1940).