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Died at Arnheim, c. 780. Werenfrid was an English missionary who accompanied Saint Willibrord (f.d. November 7) to Frisia (Benedictines, Encyclopaedia).

In art, Saint Werenfrid is vested holding a ship with a coffin in it. Sometimes his body is placed in a ship, with or without sails (Roeder). He is venerated at Arnheim, and is the patron of vegetable gardeners. Werenfrid is invoked against gout of stiff joints (Roeder).



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