Wigbert, of Hersfeld, Saint, -approximately 746
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Name (Latin)
Wigbert, of Hersfeld, Saint, -approximately 746
Other forms of name
nnea Wigbert, of Hersfeld, Saint, d. ca. 746
Wigbertus, Saint, -approximately 746
Date of death
0746~
Other designation
Saint
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
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Sources of Information
- L'opera agiografica di Lupo di Ferrières, 1995:p. 21 (... sancti Wigberti abbatis Friteslariensis; d. 747; of English descent; one of the disciples of St. Boniface in the evangelization of Germany; became abbot of Fritzlar)
- New Cath. enc.(Wigbert of Hersfeld, St., Anglo-Saxon abbot and missionary in Germany; d. ca. 746 in Fritzlar; was abbot of the monastery in Fritzlar, and founded the monastery of Ohrdruf in Thuringia; his relics were transferred to the abbey of Hersfeld)