Osgar was a 10th-century
Abbot of Abingdon
The Abbot of Abingdon was the head (or abbot) of Anglo-Saxon and eventually Benedictine house of Abingdon Abbey at Abingdon-on-Thames in northern Berkshire (present-day Oxfordshire), England.
The following is a list of abbots of Abingdon:
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in the
English
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county of
Berkshire (now
Oxfordshire).
Osgar was a cleric in minor orders who went with
Saint Aethelwold from
Glastonbury
Glastonbury (, ) is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated at a dry point on the low-lying Somerset Levels, south of Bristol. The town, which is in the Mendip district, had a population of 8,932 in the 2011 census. Glastonbur ...
to
Abingdon. He was eventually appointed Æthelwold's successor, probably in 964 and died in 984 (Kelly 2000).
References
*Kelly, S. E. 2000. Charters of Abingdon, part 1. ''Anglo-Saxon Charters'' 7.
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984 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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