Notker or Notger is a masculine Germanic given name. It may refer to:
Historical
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Notker the Stammerer
Notker the Stammerer ( – 6 April 912), Notker Balbulus, or simply Notker, was a Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Saint Gall active as a poet, scholar and (probably) composer. Described as "a significant figure in the Western Church", Notker m ...
("Notker I"), Latin poet, possibly composer and monk in Saint Gall
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Notker Physicus
Notker Physicus (died 12 November 975), sometimes called Notker II, was a monk at the Abbey of Saint Gall, active as a physician, painter, and composer. Besides ''physicus'' ("the physician"), he was also nicknamed ''piperis granum'' (pepper grain ...
("Notker II"), physician and painter
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Notker Labeo
Notker Labeo (c. 950 – 28 June 1022), also known as Notker the German ( la, Notcerus Teutonicus) or Notker III, was a Benedictine monk and the first commentator on Aristotle active in the Middle Ages. "Labeo" means "the thick-lipped one". Late ...
("Notker III"), a monk in Saint Gall and author
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Notker (abbot of Saint Gall)
Notker (died 15 December 975Anton Gössi, "Kurzbiographien der Äbte", in Johannes Duft, Anton Gössi and Werner Vogler (eds.), ''Die Abtei St. Gallen'' (St. Gallen, 1986), p. 116.) was the abbot of the Abbey of Saint Gall from 971 to 975.J. M. Cl ...
, nephew of Notker Physicus
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Notker of Liège
Notker (or Notger) of Liège ( la, Notgerus; c. 940 – 10 April 1008 AD) was a Benedictine monk, bishop (972–1008) and first prince-bishop (980–1008) of the Bishopric of Liège (now in Belgium).
Life
Notker was born around 940 and probabl ...
, provost of Saint Gall and later first Prince-Bishop of Liège
Contemporary
*Notker Füglister (1931-1996), Catholic theologian
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Notker Wolf
Notker Wolf (born June 21, 1940) is a Germans, German Benedictine monk, priest, abbot, musician, and author. He is a member of St. Ottilien Archabbey located in Bavaria, Germany, which is part of the Benedictine Congregation of Saint Ottilien. H ...
(born 1940), the ninth Abbot Primate of the Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict
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