Hildegrim of Châlons

Hildegrim[1] (c. 750 – 827) was a Benedictine, bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne from 804, and brother of Saint Ludger. He is also traditionally given as the first bishop of Halberstadt, a position now discounted by scholars;[2] he is known to have been active in spreading Christianity into the region of the diocese, as a mission among the Saxons. He followed his brother as abbot at Werden and Helmstedt in 809.[3] Hildegrim is buried at the crypt of the Werden abbey church.

He is a Catholic and Orthodox[4] saint, remembered on July 19.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Hildegrin, Hildigrin, Hildegrimus, Hildigrimus.
  2. ↑ Schaff, Philip. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge . page 119, page 505.
  3. ↑ Imperial Bishops: H-P
  4. ↑ Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome
  5. ↑ "June 19". Saint of the Day. St. Patricks's Catholic Church.

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