!!!Wolfgang, Heiliger

b. Swabia (probably at Pfullingen) around 924, 
d. Pupping (Upper Austria), Oct. 31, 994, Benedictine, missionary in 
Hungary around 972, bishop of Regensburg from 972 to 994. Introduced a 
reform of Austrian monasteries during his term of office at 
Regensburg. Stayed at Mondsee in 976/77, from where he probably 
founded several churches. The pilgrimage to St. Wolfgang im 
Salzkammergut (on Lake Wolfgangsee), where he is said to have lived as 
a hermit, was first documented in 1306. Canonised in 1052; worshipped 
since the 14th and 15th century, especially in Upper Austria and in 
Salzburg.

!Literature
R. Zinnhobler, Der hl. Wolfgang, %%sup 2/%1993; R. 
Zinnhobler (ed.), Der hl. Wolfgang und Oberoesterreich, %%sup 2/%1993.



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