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Also known as

• Wittikund of Saxony
• Widukind of….
• Wittekind of….

Memorial

• 7 January

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Raised a pagan. Duke of Westphalia (in modern Germany). When Communion was given to Christian soldiers on Christmas night, he had a vision of the Christ Child. He converted to Christianity, was sponsored into the Church by Charlemagne, and baptized in 785.

Died

• c.804 in Enger, Germany
• relics transferred to Paderborn, Germany

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Wittikund of Westphalia“. CatholicSaints.Info. 3 December 2018. Web. 26 January 2021. <>