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    Willehad or Willihad (Latin: Willehadus/Willihadus); c. 745 AD – 8 November 789) was a Christian missionary and the Bishop of Bremen from 787 AD. Willehad...
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    SS Willehad was a passenger and cargo steamship that was built in Germany in 1894 for Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL). For her first few years she took emigrants...
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    20 – Leo of Catania, saint and bishop of Catania (b. 709) November 8 – Willehad, bishop of Bremen Al-Khayzuran, powerful wife and adviser of Abbasid caliph...
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    vicar; Theodorus van der Eem of Amersfoort; Nicasius Janssen of Heeze; Willehad of Denmark; Godefried of Mervel; Antonius of Weert; Antonius of Hoornaer...
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    Italiana. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Eckert, Willehad Paul (1964). Eckert, Willehad Paul; Ehrlich, E. L. (eds.). Judenhass: Schuld der Christen...
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    that Willehad resumed his missionary activities, to be later consecrated bishop of Bremen. It was later believed (through Alcuin) that Willehad was a...
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    Roland Line service of North German Lloyd, and was the sister ship of Willehad. In March 1900 Wittekind was lengthened because her cargo capacity was...
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  • Lower Saxony, in West Germany. His father worked as a nurse at the Sankt-Willehad-Hospital in Wilhelmshaven. His mother worked as a paralegal; he has an...
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    period known as the Viking Age, from the foundation of the bishopric under Willehad in 788 until the rule of prince-bishop Adalbert in Adam's own time (1043–1072)...
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    Northumbria takes an interest in continental missionary activities, and sends Willehad to Frisia in modern-day Netherlands (approximate date). Caliph al-Mansur...
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    siblings assisting St Boniface) Saint Wilfried Saint Willibrord Saint Willehad Saint Lebuin Saint Liudger Saint Ewald Saint Suitbert of Kaiserswerth Saint...
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    charity to the poor. Adam of Bremen attributed the Vita et miracula of Willehad (first bishop of Bremen) to Ansgar in Gesta Hammenburgensis ecclesiæ; Ansgar...
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    the British Isles—including figures like St Willibrord, St Boniface, and Willehad—had travelled to parts of northern Europe in the eighth century, Charlemagne...
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  • Wilfrid II unknown 29 April 745 or 746 Wilgils c. 630 600s Willehad c. 735 8 November 789 Willehad of Denmark 1482 9 July 1572 29 June 1867 by Pope Pius IX...
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    HMS Canopus 12 Aug: Asashio, Kasumi, Reshitel‘nyi 13 Aug: HMS Arun 17 Sep: HMS Triumph 13 Oct: Gromoboi 26 Nov: Willehad Unknown date: America 1903 1905...
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    Europa (1953) Berlin (1954) Bremen (1957) Cargo liners Wittekind (1894) Willehad (1894) Coblenz (1897) Köln (1899) Main (1900) Breslau (1901) Rhein (1899)...
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    Twelver Shī‘ah imām (d. 799) Wei Gao, general of the Tang dynasty (d. 805) Willehad, bishop of Bremen (approximate date) Yaoshan Weiyan, Chinese Buddhist monk...
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    counties. At this time, Christianization by the missionaries Liudger and Willehad started; one part of East Frisia became a part of the diocese of Bremen...
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    USS Nemes, Oslo, UC-41 Unknown date: UC-72 Other incidents 3 Aug: Noordam 25 Aug: USS Elfrida 29 Aug: Willehad 1916 1917 1918 July 1917 September 1917...
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    Europa (1953) Berlin (1954) Bremen (1957) Cargo liners Wittekind (1894) Willehad (1894) Coblenz (1897) Köln (1899) Main (1900) Breslau (1901) Rhein (1899)...
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  • Adeodatus I, pope of the Catholic Church 785 – Sawara, Japanese prince 789 – Willehad, bishop of Bremen 928 – Duan Ning, Chinese general 940 – Yao Yi, Chinese...
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    (roughly translated as 'terp villages') Blexen, Einswarden and Atens. Bishop Willehad, the Northumbrian-born missionary of the Frisians, died in Blexen in the...
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  • Werburgh 699 8 Yes 2 Wiborada 926 Yes 1 Wilfrid of Ripon 709 Yes 8 Yes 3 Willehad of Bremen 789 Yes Yes 2 William of Perth 1201 Yes 1 William of York 1154...
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  • St. Kilian and St. Sebaldus (Franconia) St. Hedwig of Andechs  Saxony Willehad of Bremen  Greece Aegina Saint Nectarios Cephalonia Saint Gerasimos Chios...
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  • Europa (1953) Berlin (1954) Bremen (1957) Cargo liners Wittekind (1894) Willehad (1894) Coblenz (1897) Köln (1899) Main (1900) Breslau (1901) Rhein (1899)...
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    foundation of the diocese belongs to the period of the missionary activity of Willehad on the lower Weser. It was erected on 15 July 787 at Worms, on Charlemagne's...
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    Europa (1953) Berlin (1954) Bremen (1957) Cargo liners Wittekind (1894) Willehad (1894) Coblenz (1897) Köln (1899) Main (1900) Breslau (1901) Rhein (1899)...
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    HMS Canopus 12 Aug: Asashio, Kasumi, Reshitel‘nyi 13 Aug: HMS Arun 17 Sep: HMS Triumph 13 Oct: Gromoboi 26 Nov: Willehad Unknown date: America 1903 1905...
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    mentioned in 860, when a sick girl from "Wege" travelled to the grave of Saint Willehad in Bremen. Legend has it that she was cured by a miracle. However, it was...
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  • Bruno Gustaf Willehad Sarlin (8 November 1878 – 6 January 1951) was a Finnish jurist and politician, born in Viitasaari. He was a member of the Parliament...
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