st willibrord, born c 658 ad, the apostle to frisia and patron saint of the netherlands and luxembourg was his son. alcuin also writes that wilgils was "paterfamilias" of alcuin's own family and that he (alcuin) had inherited wilgils' oratory and church by inheritance, indicating a close familial relationship. wilgisl was also distantly related to beornred, the abbot of echternach and bishop of sens.