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Wulfaire
Wulfar or Wulfaire (died 816) was the archbishop of Reims from 812 until his death. He was an important administrator in the Carolingian Empire, both before and during his episcopate, under the emperors Charlemagne and Louis the Pious. In 802 Wulfar was the royal ''missus dominicus, missus'' (representative) in a ''missaticum'' comprising the southeast of the Archdiocese of Reims, ecclesiastical province of Reims. His term as a ''missus'' is only recorded the ''History of the Church of Reims'' (''Historia Remensis ecclesiae'') of Flodoard (died 966), in a section based on the ''Capitulare missorum specialia'' of 802. The name of Wulfar's lay associate (since ''missi'' always worked in clerical–lay pairs) is unknown. Jacques Stiennon first identified a ''French denier, denier'' from the reign of Charlemagne bearing the inscription FUIFAR as belonging to the ''missaticum'' of Wulfar and recording his name as that of the moneyer in charge. An alternate reading and interpretation of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebbo Of Reims
Ebbo or Ebo ( – 20 March 851) was the Archbishop of Rheims from 816 until 835 and again from 840 to 841. He was born a Germania, German serf on the royal demesne of Charlemagne. He was educated at his court and became the librarian and councillor of Louis the Pious, king of Aquitaine, son of Charlemagne. When Louis became Holy Roman Emperor, emperor, he appointed Ebbo to the episcopal see, see of Rheims, then vacant after the death of Wulfaire. He was an important figure in the spread of Christianity in the north of Europe. At the insistence of Louis, in 822, he went to Rome and asked Pope Pascal I to become the papal legate to the North. He was licensed to preach to the Danes (Germanic tribe), Danes and he and Halitgar, bishop of Cambrai, and Willerich, bishop of Bremen, went there in 823. He made short subsequent trips, but all with little success. Ansgar was more successful a few years later. When Louis's sons by his first marriage to Ermengarde of Hesbaye (Loth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |