Hildegrim of Châlons

HildegrimHildegrin, Hildigrin, Hildegrimus, Hildigrimus. (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 scholarshttp://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc05/Page_119.html, http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc06/Page_505.html; 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 809Imperial Bishops: H-P. Hildegrim is buried at the crypt of the Werden abbey church.
He is a Catholic and OrthodoxLatin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome saint, remembered on July 19Saints of June 19.
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Category:German bishops
Category:Bishops of Châlons-sur-Marne
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