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Hildegar (bishop of Meaux)

Hildegar, or in French Hildegaire (died 873/76), was the bishop of Meaux from around 856 until his death.

In January 862, a band of Vikings under the son of Weland left their encampment at the abbey of Fossés and "with a few ships" looted the city of Meaux up the river. Shortly after the attack, Hildegar composed the Vita et miracula sancti Faronis episcopi Meldensis, a biography of Saint Faro, his seventh-century predecessor, whose intervention Hildegar credited with saving the church of Meaux from destruction. Hildegar blamed the Viking attacks on the king, Charles, and on "treachery" (infidelitas), a veiled accusation that Charles had allowed the Vikings to attack because his son, Louis the Stammerer, was in rebellion and staying at Meaux at the time. He was probably supported by Hildegar. In the settlement between father and son, Louis was granted the county of Meaux. Hildegar also called the Seine valley the "paradise of the realm".

Hildegar also records that the Franks were still singing the Farolied, a rustic song about the victory of King Chlothar II over Duke Berthoald of Saxony in 622. Bruno Krusch was of the opinion that Hildegar himself was the author of the Farolied.

Hildegar (bishop of Cologne)

Hildegar (also Hildiger or Hildeger; died 8 August 753) was the bishop of Cologne from 750. Probably of noble birth, he was a supporter of the Carolingians, who displaced the Merovingians in 751.

After the appointment of Eoban to the diocese of Utrecht by the missionary bishop Boniface, Hildegar claimed metropolitan rights over the see. Boniface refuted the claim in a letter to Pope Stephen II.

After a group of Saxons ravaged Francia, burning thirty churches, King Pippin the Short led a punitive expedition with "a large siege train" (magno apparatu) against them. Hildegar took part in the war and died defending the fortress (castrum) of Juberg or Iburg (Ihburg) near Osnabrück. He was probably commanding the levies of Cologne as a garrison.

Hildegar (bishop of Limoges)

Hildegar (French Hildegare, Hildegaire; died 990) was the bishop of Limoges from 977. He was the son of Gerald, the viscount of Limoges, and Rotild. His elder brother, Guy, was the heir to the viscountcy by marriage to Emma, daughter of Gerald's predecessor, Ademar. Another brother was Geoffrey I, abbot of Saint-Martial de Limoges from 991 to 998. Hildegar was the "product of a family-run church".

Hildegar may have been chosen as bishop by Duke William IV of Aquitaine, but details of his election are not preserved. In the late spring of 977, Hildegar exempted the monastery of Uzerche from lay oversight. In 989, Hildegar attended the epochal Council of Charroux, where the " pax Dei" was first proclaimed. In 990, Hildegar brought some of the treasures of Saint-Martial to Paris. He fell ill and died on the journey, leaving the treasure to the abbey of Saint-Denis. He was succeeded by his younger brother, Hilduin.

Hildegar (bishop of Beauvais)

Hildegar (died c. 972) was the bishop of Beauvais from 933 until his death. He signed documents variously Hildegarius, Hildierus or Hildricus.

Hildegar was part of the delegation that met Louis IV at Boulogne when the future king returned from his English exile. He accompanied the king to Laon, where he was crowned. In 940 he took part in the synod that deposed Archbishop Artald of Reims and re-instated the previously deposed Archbishop Hugh. According to Richer of Reims, Hildegar, along with Rodulf of Laon and Guy I of Soissons, sent a letter to the Holy See defending the re-instatement of Hugh.

In 944 Hildegar and Guy of Soissons were sent as hostages to Harald, the Viking lord of Bayeux, in exchange for the freedom of King Louis, who had been captured in battle. In 946 Hildegar participated in the council that re-instated Artald, but he continued to assist Hugh in consecrating a new bishop of Amiens, for which the council condemned him in 948.

Hildegar was buried in the abbey of St Lucian, where his tomb was found in 1815.