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Saint Suitbert, Suidbert, Suitbertus, or Swithbert, mat refer to:

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-'''Saint Suitbert, Suidbert, Suitbertus''', or '''Swithbert''', can refer to two saints:
+'''Saint Suitbert, Suidbert, Suitbertus''', or '''Swithbert''', mat refer to:
+*[[Suitbert of Kaiserwerdt]]
+*[[Saint Suitbert the Younger]]
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-{{Infobox Saint
-|name= Suitbert of Kaiserwerdt
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-|death_date=713
-|feast_day= [[March 1]]
-|venerated_in=[[Eastern Orthodox Church]], [[Roman Catholic Church]]
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-|birth_place= England
-|death_place= Suitberts-Insel, now Kaiserswerth
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-==Suitbert of Kaiserwerdt==
-Apostle of the Frisians, born in England in the seventh century.  He studied in Ireland, at Rathmelsigi, [[Connacht]], along with [[St. Egbert]]. The latter, filled with zeal for the conversion of the Germans, had sent [[St. Wihtberht]], or Wigbert, to evangelize the Frisians, but owing to the opposition of the pagan ruler Rathbod, Wihtberht was unsuccessful and returned to England. Egbert then sent [[St. Willibrord]] and his twelve companions, among whom was St. Suitbert.
-They landed near the mouth of the [[Rhine]] and journeyed to [[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht]], which became their headquarters. The new missionaries worked with great success under the protection of [[Pepin of Heristal]], who, having recently conquered a portion of Frisia, compelled Rathbod to cease harassing the Christians. Suitbert laboured chiefly in [[North Brabant]], [[Guelderland]], and [[Cleves]].
-After some years he went back to England, and in 693 was consecrated in [[Mercia]] as a missionary bishop by [[St. Wilfrid of York]]. He returned to Frisia and fixed his see at [[Wijk bij Duurstede]] on a branch of the Rhine. A little later, entrusting his flock of converts to [[St. Willibrord]], he proceeded north of the Rhine and the Lippe, among the [[Bructeri]], or Boructuari, in the district of Berg, [[Westphalia]]. This mission bore great fruit at first, but was eventually a failure owing to the inroads of the pagan Saxons; when the latter had conquered the territory, Suitbert withdrew to a small island in the Rhine, six miles from Dusseldorf, granted to him by Pepin of Heristal, where he built a monastery and ended his days in peace.
-He died at Suitberts-Insel, now [[Kaiserswerth]], near [[Dusseldorf]], 1 March, 713.
-His [[relics]] were rediscovered in [[1626]] at Kaiserwerth and are still venerated there. He is considered a [[patron saint]] of Germany.  His feast day falls on [[March 1]].
-==Suitbert the Younger==
-Suitbert, a holy abbot, who lived in a monastery near the River Dacore, [[Cumberland]], [[England]], about forty years later, and is mentioned by the [[Venerable Bede]]. His liturgical feast is on [[April 30]]
-==Source==
-*{{Catholic|St. Suitbert}}
-[[Category:7th-century Christian saints]]
-[[Category:Anglo-Saxon saints|Suitbert]]
-[[de:Suitbert]]
-[[fr:Suitbert de Werth]]
-[[nl:Suïtbertus]]
-[[pl:Święty Suitbert]]