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About St. William of Rochester
d. c. 1201 ยท Feast May 23 ยท Layman / Pilgrim / Martyr
Scottish layman and martyr (d. c. 1201), Perth baker famous for charity who adopted a foundling boy as son and apprentice; murdered by the boy on a planned pilgrimage to the Holy Land near Rochester in Kent. Patron of adopted children. Pre-Congregation cultus; canonized 1256 by Alexander IV.
St. William of Rochester is the patron saint of Adopted Children, Bakers, Rochester and Pilgrims.
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