Hildegrim of Châlons

Hildegrim [Hildegrin, Hildigrin, Hildegrimus, Hildigrimus.] (c. 750-827) was a Benedictine, bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne from 804, and brother of Liudger. He is also traditionally given as the first bishop of Halberstadt, a position now discounted by scholars [http://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. He was abbot at Werden-Helmstadt from 809 [ [http://www.starnarcosis.net/obsidian/eccles3.html Imperial Bishops: H-P ] ] .

He is a Catholic and Orthodox [ [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/s9centy.htm Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome ] ] saint, remembered on July 19 [ [http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0619.htm Saints of June 19 ] ] .

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