Wilfrid
(redirected from St. Wilfrid of York)Wilfrid
(ˈwɪlfrɪd)n
(Biography) Saint. 634–709 ad, English churchman; bishop of York (?663–?703). At the Synod of Whitby (664) he argued successfully that Celtic practices should be replaced by Roman ones in the English Church. Feast day: Oct 12