Also known as
    •    Swithbert the Elder
    •    Suidbert….
    •    Suitbert….
    •    Suitbertus….
    •    Swibert….
    •    Swidbert….
    •    Apostle of the Bructeri
    •    Apostle of the Frisians
Memorial
    • 1 March
Profile
Studied in Ireland with Saint Egbert of Rathemigisi. Benedictine monk. Preacher. Spiritual teacher of Saint Willeic. One of a group of twelve English missionaries led by Saint Willibrord of Echternach who worked in Friesland, a group of islands off the coast of the Netherlands, evangelizing the Frisians and Bructeri. Bishop in 693. Worked with Saint Wilfrid of York. Founded a Benedictine monastery at Werth on the Rhine (modern Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth, Germany) where he lived the rest of his life.
Born
    • c.647
Died
    • 1 March 713 near Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth, Germany of natural causes
    • relics at monastery he founded at Werth, Germany
Canonized
    • Pre-Congregation
Patronage
    • against angina
    • against throat ailments
    • angina sufferers
    • Drevenack, Germany
    • Germany