Saints calendar of the day

In Bremen, Saxony, St. Wilehado, Bishop, who, born in Northumbria and friend of Alcuin, spread the Gospel in Friesland and Saxony after St. Boniface and ordained bishop, he founded the see of Bremen and ruled it wisely.

At Soissons, France, death of saint Geoffrey, Bishop of Amiens, who, educated in the monastic life from age five, suffered much for remedy in the city struggles between Lords and commoners, and by the reform of the clergy and the people.