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*[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://middlesbrough-diocese.org.uk/about |title=About the Diocese |publisher= Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough |access-date=1 February 2022}}</ref>
*[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk/st-wilfrid/ |title= St. Wilfrid|date= 16 February 2019|publisher=Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds |access-date=1 February 2022}}</ref>
*Ripon<ref name=RiponCath>{{cite web |url=http://riponcathedral.info/history-2 |title= History |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009152830/http://riponcathedral.info/history-2/ |archive-date=9 October 2016 |publisher= Ripon Cathedral}}</ref> }}
| shrine = Ripon, [[Sompting]] (Sussex), and [[Frisia]] (Roeder).
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=== Synod ===
Wilfrid attended the synod, or council, of Whitby, as a member of the party favouring the continental practice of dating Easter, along with [[James the Deacon]], Agilbert, and Alhfrith. Those supporting the "Celtic" viewpoint were King Oswiu, [[Hilda of Whitby|Hilda]], the Abbess of Whitby, [[Cedd]], a bishop, and [[Colmán of Lindisfarne]], the [[Bishop of Lindisfarne]].<ref name=Intro131 />
Wilfrid was chosen to present the Roman position to the council;<ref name=Intro131>Blair ''Introduction to Anglo-Saxon England'' p. 131</ref> he also acted as Agilbert's interpreter, as the latter did not speak the local language.<ref name=Barbarian263>Fletcher ''Barbarian Conversion'' p. 263</ref>{{efn|Agilbert was later expelled from his English bishopric by the King of Wessex when the king could not understand Agilbert.<ref name=Barbarian263 />}} Bede describes Wilfrid as saying that those who did not calculate the date of Easter according to the Roman system were committing a sin.<ref name=World83>Blair ''World of Bede'' pp. 83–84</ref> Wilfrid's speech in favour of adopting Roman church practices helped secure the eclipse of the "Celtic" party in 664,<ref name=Harting107 /><ref name=ASE123>Stenton ''Anglo-Saxon England'' p. 123–125</ref>{{efn|It is unclear how much of the speech in Bede's account of the council is actually Wilfrid's and how much was composed by Bede.<ref name=Intro131 />}} although most Irish churches did not adopt the Roman date of Easter until 704, and [[Iona]] held out until 716.<ref name=Conversion117>Yorke ''Conversion of Britain'' p. 117</ref>{{efn|Some Welsh churches did not adopt the Roman Easter until 768.<ref name=Conversion117 />}} Many of the Irish monasteries did not observe the Roman Easter, but they were not isolated from the continent; by the time of Whitby the southern Irish were already observing the Roman Easter date, and Irish clergy were in contact with their continental counterparts.<ref name=Brown361>Brown ''Rise of Western Christendom'' pp. 361–362</ref> Those monks and clergy unable to accept the Whitby decision left Northumbria, some going to Ireland<ref name=Kings84 /> and others to Iona.<ref name=Earliest87>Kirby ''Earliest English Kings'' pp. 87–88</ref>
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