Saint of the Day – 19 June – Saint Hildegrim (c750-c827) Bishop of Châlons in France from 804 to 810 and then 2nd Abbot of Werden Abbey, after his elder brother, the Founder, St Ludger. Also known as – Hildegrin … of Werden.
This is an Unknown Bishop not our St Hildegrim
Hildegrim was of born of Christian Frisian noble descent. He received a thorough education at the Utrecht Cathedral School, founded by Bishop Gregory, and in York .under St Alcuin.
Mentioned as a Deacon in 793, he was Ordained a Priest three years later.
In around 804, he was elected as the Bishop of Châlons. Upon St Ludger’s death in 809, he succeeded him as the Abbot of Werden and Helmstadt.
He is also traditionally named as the 1st Bishop of Halberstadt, a position now discounted by some scholars. Hildegrim is known to have been active in spreading Christianity as a Missionary into Osterwieck and Halberstadt region after the Saxon Wars of Charlemagne.
St Hildegrim is buried in the Crypt of Werden Abbey Church. He is remembered and celebrated on 19 June.
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