According to the Gesta pontificum Autissiodorensium, Wibald was a Frank from Cambrai.
[1] He studied the liberal arts under John Scotus Eriugena in the palace school (aula regia) of King Charles the Bald after 847.
[1] According to the Gesta, Wibald added two altars to cathedral of Saint Stephen.
He also obtained a royal order placing the abbey of Saint Julian [fr] under the authority of the cathedral, although it never came into effect because of his early death.
[4] He set aside half of the village of Chichery to endow the annual celebration of four feasts in memory of his ordination, his death, the death of King Louis and the dedication of the two new altars.