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

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, but details of his election are not preserved. In the late spring of 977, Hildegar exempted the monastery of

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from lay oversight. In 989, Hildegar attended the epochal

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, 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,

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* * {{authority control 990 deaths Bishops of Limoges Year of birth unknown

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