Winibald (Winebald, Winnibald, Wunebald, Wynbald) (c. 702 – 18 December 761) was abbot of the Benedictine double monastery of Heidenheim am Hahnenkamm. He is called the brother of Saint Willibald and Saint Walpurga.
Winibald’s father was a West Saxon nobleman, Saint Richard the Pilgrim, and his mother was Saint Wuna of Wessex. Saint Willibald was his brother. With his father and brother, he made a pilgrimage to Rome around the year 721. His childhood did not have a strong constitution, remained in Rome, to recover from Plague as they were affected and his father died due to the disease. He continued his studies there. In 730, Winibald returned to England and engaged a third brother and several amongst his kindred and acquaintance to accompany him in his journey back to Rome to begin a monastic life there.
He becomes a monk at Monte Cassino. Willibald was ordained and based in Eichstätt. Winibald arrived in Thuringia on 30 November, 740, and was an ordained, priest. He was placed in charge of seven churches, including one at Erfurt.
Winibald established a monastery in Schwanfeld, but in 742 transferred it to Heidenheim, where the brothers founded a double monastery for the training of priests and as a center of learning. Winibald became the first abbot.
Winibald took part in the Concilium Germanicum, in 742, and subscribed to Pepin’s donation to Fulda in 753. In 762, he joined the League of Attigny, a confraternity of prayer established by Chrodegang, Archbishop of Metz. All this the saint accomplished in spite of continual illness, which prevented him from ending his life at Monte Cassino as he had hoped. Winibald died at Heidenheim on December 18, 761. He is a patron saint of construction workers.