William of Moerbeke
Short article by M. de Wulf on this learned man of the 13th century.
William of Norwich, Saint
William's corpse was found showing signs of a violent death. He is the earliest example of a medieval blood libel saint, having died in 1144. His biographer relied on hearsay, and …
William of Ockham
Biographical article on the fourteenth-century Franciscan philosopher.
William of Perth, Saint
Honored as a martyr because he was on pilgrimage to Jerusalem when murdered by his adopted son.
William of Poitiers
Norman historian, born of a noted family, at Préaux near Pont Audemer, Normandy, about 1020.
William of Sens
A twelfth-century French architect, supposed to have been born at Sens.
William of Shoreham
An English religious writer of the Anglo-Norman period, born at Shoreham, near Sevenoaks, in Kent, in the latter half of the twelfth century.
William Patenson, Blessed
English priest, martyred at Tyburn in 1592. During his imprisonment, he converted several of the inmates.
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