Saint Adalbert of Egmond - Feast day: June 25
wikiaudio His feast day is 25 June. Saint Adalbert of Egmond (also called Adelbert of Egmond) (died c. 710 in Egmond) was a Northumbrian Anglo-Saxon missionary. He was one of Saint Willibrord's companions in preaching the gospel in Holland and Frisia.
The Life of Adalbert is not rich in fact. He is said to have been born in Northumbria, a member of the Northumbrian royal family. According to some sources, to have been first a monk at the Rath Melsigi) and to have studied in Ireland with Egbert. He then went in c 690 to assist Saint Willibrord[1] (who had also been at Rathmelsigi) in the mission field of Frisia, where he became associated particularly with Egmond. He was made Archdeacon of the recently founded See of Utrecht and died at Egmund about A.D. 740.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adalbert_of_Egmond He was buried there, and miracles were reported at his tomb, over which a church was built.
His continued remembrance rests largely …More