The Echternach Gospels were probably taken by St. Willibrord, a Northumbrian missionary, to his newly founded Echternach Abbey in Luxembourg, from which they are named.
Around 700 AD St. Willibrord (657 – 739 AD) a Benedictine Monk from Northumbria (Great Britain) brought Christianity to Waxweiler (see also Echternach Dancing Procession) and at that time the Church was founded in the town.