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title: "St. Wilfrid: Feast Day October 12 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-wilfrid/
description: "St. Wilfrid, Bishop. Remembered on October 12, died c. 709. Read their life in Bless."
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Bishop · Remembered on October 12

# St. Wilfrid

St. Wilfrid is remembered on October 12 in Bless’s calendar of saints.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [October 12](https://blessbible.app/saints/october/#12) |
| Title | Bishop |
| Died | c. 709 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Tuesday, October 12, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-wilfrid/#calendar) |

## Life

A turbulent, magnificent Northumbrian who won the Synod of Whitby for Roman usage, built stone churches at Ripon and Hexham with singing schools and libraries, was exiled repeatedly by kings — evangelizing the pagan South Saxons meanwhile, and teaching them, first, to fish — and appealed twice to Rome, the first Englishman to do so.

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Wilfrid. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Tuesday, October 12, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/10/12/) | Tuesday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Romans 1:16-25 · Psalm 19:2-3, 4-5 · Hebrews 4:12 · Luke 11:37-41 |
| [Thursday, October 12, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/10/12/) | Thursday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Galatians 3:1-5 · Luke 1:69-70, 71-72, 73-75 · Acts 16:14b · Luke 11:5-13 |

Readings

Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[October 11 St. John XXIII](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-xxiii/) [October 13 St. Edward the Confessor](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-edward-the-confessor/)

[All the saints of October](https://blessbible.app/saints/october/) [Born on October 12?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#10-12) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Wilfrid

Remembered on October 12

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-wilfrid/#life)
2. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-wilfrid/#calendar)

In the app

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