Wulfgar of Peterborough
Peterborough about 1898
Wulfgar of Peterborough was a tenth century, Monk and saint of Anglo-Saxon England.
He was the Abbot of Peterborough Abbey from 989AD to 1016AD,[1] and may have been one of the moneyers at the Peterborough Abbey Mint.[2][3] He is buried in Peterborough.
He is known from Secgan Hagiography[4] and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (versions C and E).[5]
See also
- Wulfgar of Abingdon, a 10th- & 11th-century abbot of Abington
- Wulfgar of Lichfield, a mid 10th century Bishop.
- Wulfgar of Ramsbury, a medieval Bishop
References
- ↑ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: Peterborough Manuscript.
- ↑ Edmund King, Peterborough Abbey, 1086-1310: A Study in the Land Market (Cambridge University Press, 1973) page 8.
- ↑ William c. Wells, The Stamford And Peterborough Mints page 2
- ↑ Stowe MS 944, British Library.
- ↑ D. N. Dumville, Susan Irvine, Simon Keynes, The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: a collaborative edition, Volume 7 (DS Brewer, 2004) page 159.
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