Vandals, 197; in Gaul, 41; in Africa, 103-5 Venantius Fortunatus, bishop of Poictiers, 51, 75 _Veni Creator Spiritus_, 81 Venice, 143, 151, 157 Victor, bishop of Carthage, 108 Victor of Tonnenna (Victor Tununensis), 106-7 Victor Vitensis, 104-5 Vienne, 186 Vigilists, 15. _See_ Akoimetai. Vigilius, pope, 17, 20, 39-40, 106 Vivarium, monastery of, 38 Vladimir, S., of Russia, 126-7 Wales, Church of, 113, 118, 122; West Wales (i.e. Cornwall), 113 Wallachian Church, 23 Wamba, Wisigothic king in Spain, 76 Wandrille, S., 57 Wenceslas of Bohemia, S., 128-9 Wends, missions to the, 126 Whitby, Synod of (664), 116 Wilfrith (Wilfrid) of Ripon, S., 88, 117-18, 121, 169 Willehad, archbishop of Bremen, 142 William of Aquitaine, founder of the abbey of Cluny, 173 Willibald, biographer of S. Boniface, 138 Willibrord, S., Northumbrian missionary in Frisia, 136 Winfrith of Crediton (S. Boniface), 121, 136-40, 142 Wisigoths in Spain, 73-8; corruption of society, 73-4; accept Catholicism, 5, 62-3, 73, 75; their monarchy falls before the Moors, 146 Wuerzburg, 138, 147 York, school of, 116, 167 Zacharias, pope, 147 Zacharias, patriarch of Jerusalem, 101 Zeno, emperor, 7