Patronage
Patron Saint of Friesland
The Catholic Church venerates St. Willibrord as the patron saint of Friesland. Patron saints are heavenly intercessors — believers entrust a place, profession, or struggle to a saint whose own life touched it, and ask for their prayers before God.
St. Willibrord
Feast: November 7“Known as the apostle of the Frisians, he was instrumental in spreading Christianity in the region of what is now the Netherlands.”
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