ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS OCTOBER 14, St. Burchard, St. Manakus

 ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS OCTOBER 14

St. Burchard, 754 A.D. Disciple of St. Boniface and a missionary to Germany. Burchard was a priest of Wessex, England, and Benedictine. In 732, he went to Germany, serving under St. Boniface who consecrated him the first bishop of Würzburg. In 749, Burchard was sent by the Frankish King Pepin the Short to Rome, where he received Pope St. Zachary's approval of Pepin’s accession to the Frankish throne. After founding the abbey of St. Andrew's, Burchard resigned from his see around 753. He retired to Hamburg, Germany, and the monastic life, dying there on February 2.  

St. Manakus. Welsh abbot of Holyhead, Wales, also called Manaccus. He was a co worker of St. Cybi. Manakus died in Cornwall, England.