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
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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)
Wikipedia description:
Wihtberht or Wigbert (May 7, 675 – August 13, 747) born in Wessex around 675, was an Anglo-Saxon Benedictine monk and a missionary and disciple of Boniface who travelled with the latter in Frisia and northern and central Germany to convert the local tribes to Christianity. His feast day is August 13th in the Roman Catholic Church and on April 12th in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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