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Died at Ripon in 744. Saint Wilfrid was one of the five future bishops who were educated by Saint Hilda (f.d. November 17) at Whitby. This indefatigable bishop of York was the favourite disciple of Saint John of Beverly (f.d. May 7) at Whitby. But first he was appointed abbot of the cathedral community at York, and shortly thereafter coadjutor of John of Beverly, whom he succeeded as bishop. Little is known of Wilfrid's episcopate except that he was zealous for education. Twelve years before his death at Ripon Abbey, Wilfrid retired to a monastery in order to be free to serve God with his whole soul. In the 10th century, two different groups claim to have taken the relics of Saint Wilfrid the Great (f.d. October 12) from Ripon; most likely one party took those of Wilfrid the Younger. This saint's feast is attested in the Calendar of Winchcombe and later martyrologies, though he does not seem to have had a widespread or popular cultus (Benedictines, Encyclopaedia, Farmer). (Benedictines, Encyclopaedia, Farmer).


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