Saint Winebald of Heidenheim (18 December): Butler's Lives of the Saints

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On December 18, the Church commemorates St. Wunibald (also known as Weinbald or Winibald), a Saxon prince of Wessex who renounced earthly power to follow Christ in pilgrimage, monastic life, and missionary labor. This reading comes from The Lives of the Saints by Father Alban Butler, one of the most authoritative Catholic hagiographies ever written. St. Wunibald was the son of St. Richard of Wessex, brother of St. Willibald, and brother of St. Walburga. Together with his family, he journeyed from England to Rome, eventually laboring under St. Boniface in the evangelization of Germany. Despite lifelong sickness and weakness of body, St. Wunibald founded the great Monastery of Heidenheim, where monks and nuns lived lives of prayer, humility, manual labor, and preaching. He endured persecution, poison attempts, and constant illness, yet persevered in sanctity until his holy death on December 18, 760. This account also offers rare insight into: Early medieval monastic discipline The canonization of saints in the 8th century The spiritual ideals of humility, mortification, and prayer The missionary foundations of the Church in Germany 📖 Source: The Lives of the Saints, Fr. Alban Butler 00:00 Introduction – Butler’s Lives of the Saints 00:20 St. Richard of Wessex and his holy family 00:54 Pilgrimage from England to Rome 01:03 Death of St. Richard in Lucca 01:25 Sts. Willibald and Wunibald continue to Rome 01:36 Wunibald’s sickness and monastic calling 02:03 St. Boniface and the German mission 02:17 Ordination and pastoral labor in Thuringia 02:45 St. Willibald made Bishop of Eichstätt 03:02 Founding of Heidenheim Monastery 03:24 Persecution and attempted martyrdom 03:39 Teachings on humility, prayer, and mortification 04:49 Interior life and self-denial 05:11 Long illness and miraculous healing 05:39 Final exhortations before death 06:10 Death of St. Wunibald (Dec 18, 760) 06:22 Aftermath, miracles, and legacy 07:09 Monastic labor and evangelization https://sensusfidelium.com/the-lives-of-the-fathers-martyrs-and-other-principal-saints/december/st-winebald-abbot/ Get Butler's Lives of the Saints here: https://loretopublications.idevaffiliate.com/idevaffiliate.php?id=102&url=1 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 Support Catholic Businesses here - https://sensusfidelium.com/catholic-businesses/ Sensus Fidelium Press - https://sensusfideliumpress.com/ Sensus Fidelium Apps - https://sensusfidelium.tv/ Support Sensus Fidelium - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 🙏🏻PLEASE HELP OUR CHANNEL GROW 🙏🏻 ▶ 1. Become a Channel Patron: https://www.patreon.com/SensusFidelium ▶ 2. Visit the website https://www.sensusfidelium.com for Gueranger, Saint of the Day, Apologetics, Meditation by the Saints, Scripture Study and more. ▶ 3. Subscribe to Other Video Platforms 🔴 SpiritusTV - https://spiritustv.com/@SensusFidelium 🔴 BitChute --- https://www.bitchute.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium/ 🔴 Rumble --- https://rumble.com/c/c-298311 🔴 My Catholic Tube - https://mycatholictube.com/videos/sensus-fidelium-channel/ 🔴 LBRY.tv --- https://lbry.tv/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 ODYSEE - https://odysee.com/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 UGETube - https://videos.utahgunexchange.com/@Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 BrandNewTube - https://brandnewtube.com/@SensusFidelium 🔴 GabTV - https://tv.gab.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 GloriaTV - https://gloria.tv/Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 Brighteon - https://www.brighteon.com/channels/sensusfidelium ▶ 4. Paypal, Bitcoin, Anedot, Stripe, Square & PO Box donations - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ ▶ 5. YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 Please "Like" our videos so that Youtube shares it to others by clicking the "Like" thumbs-up under the video = 👍🏻 ▶ 6. Please share this video 📲, and help others find Christ inside the Catholic Church! Please share this video on Facebook and Twitter using the share button. ▶ 7. Follow on Social Media: 🔴 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SensusFidelium/ 🔴 Twitter: https://https://twitter.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 🔴 Parler: https://parler.com/profile/Sensusfidelium/posts 🔴 SP3RN: https://www.sp3rn.com/community/pages/14-sensus-fidelium 🔴 GAB: https://gab.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 Bastyon: https://bastyon.com/sensusfidelium 🔴 GETTR: https://gettr.com/user/sensus_fidelium 🔴 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sensusfidelium/ 🔴 Telegram: https//t.me/RealSensusFidelium 🔴 Truth Social - @SensusFidelium ▶ 8. Follow on iTunes: 🔴 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sensus-fidelium-catholic-podcast/id1477010758 #StWunibald #SaintOfTheDay #CatholicSaints #LivesOfTheSaints #AlbanButler #CatholicHistory #MonasticLife #StBoniface #TraditionalCatholic #December18 #CatholicAudiobook #SaintsAndMartyrs