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Wigbert, of Hersfeld, Saint, -approximately 746

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Personal name headingWigbert, of Hersfeld, Saint, -approximately 746
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Variant(s)Wigbert, of Hersfeld, Saint, d. ca. 746
Wigbertus, Saint, -approximately 746
Death date0746~
Found inL'opera agiografica di Lupo di FerrieĢ€res, 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)