Wilfrid II of York

Wilfrid II († around 744 ) was Bishop of York from 718 to 732 .

Wilfrid replaced Saint John of Beverley in office, who had resigned to retire to the monastery . Wilfrid made sure that the liturgy in the cathedral of York was designed as splendidly as possible, so he decorated the altar of the church with silver vessels and had the altar and cross provided with silver and gold leaves. This should be understood as an upgrading of one's own diocese, although the Archbishop of Canterbury persistently refused to grant York an increase in rank to Archdiocese during Wilfrid's lifetime . This only took place under Wilfrid's successor Egbert in 735.

literature

• Michael Lapidge: Wilfrid II . In: Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England . Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford et al. a. 2001, ISBN 978-0-6312-2492-1 , p. 476
• Farmer, David Hugh: Dictionary of Saints. Oxford, 2011, 5th edition, ISBN 978-0-19-959660-7 , p. 448

Individual evidence

1. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 263

predecessor	Office	successor
John of Beverley	Bishop of York 718-732	Egbert