Wulfgar of Peterborough

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Peterborough about 1898

Wulfgar of Peterborough was a tenth century, Monk and saint of Anglo-Saxon England.

He was the Abbott of Peterborough Abbey from 989AD to 1016AD,[1] and may have been one of the moneyer’s 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

References

  1. ^ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: Peterborough Manuscript.
  2. ^ Edmund King, Peterborough Abbey, 1086-1310: A Study in the Land Market (Cambridge University Press, 1973) page 8.
  3. ^ William c. Wells, The Stamford And Peterborough Mints page 2
  4. ^ Stowe MS 944, British Library.
  5. ^ D. N. Dumville, Susan Irvine, Simon Keynes, The Anglo-Saxon chronicle: a collaborative edition, Volume 7 (DS Brewer, 2004) page 159.