St. William of Eskilsoe
Feastday: April 6
Death: 1203
Saint William of Eskilsoe was a missionary. Born at Saint-Germain, France, circa 1125, he served as a canon at the church of St. Genevieve, Paris, under the great Abbot Suger until about 1170, when he was sent to Denmark with the mission of reforming the canons at Eskilsoe at the request of the bishop of Roskilde. He became abbot there and, during his three decades among the Danes, he also reformed many other communities.
He also founded the abbey of St. Thomas, in Zeeland. He died in Denmark.