Wolfgar or Wolfger was the
bishop of Würzburg from 809/10 until his death in 831/2. He succeeded the obscure bishop
Egilwart (803–09/10).
Wolfgar was on good terms with the Emperor
Louis the Pious
Louis the Pious (; ; ; 16 April 778 – 20 June 840), also called the Fair and the Debonaire, was King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor, co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne, from 813. He was also King of Aquitaine from 781. As the only ...
. During his episcopate, Würzburg increased its properties and over twenty surviving manuscripts were produced in its
scriptorium. This time was a transitional period in the history of the
cathedral library, whose output is known collectively as the ''
Libri sancti Kyliani'', in which
insular script and the local variant of
Caroline minuscule first appear. Pastoral books, liturgies and the
Old Testament
The Old Testament (OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew and occasionally Aramaic writings by the Isr ...
dominated the scriptorium's output, and a work of
canon law
Canon law (from , , a 'straight measuring rod, ruler') is a set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical jurisdiction, ecclesiastical authority (church leadership) for the government of a Christian organization or church and its membe ...
was copied at Würzburg for the first time under Wolfgar.
An original charter recording a transaction between Wolfgar and a Count Eginonus and his wife Wentilgarth is preserved.
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830s deaths
Roman Catholic bishops of Würzburg
Year of birth unknown