Wolfgang of Regensburg

Who they were

Wolfgang, of a Swabian noble family, taught at Trier and worked for reform, became a Benedictine, and was a missionary before becoming Bishop of Ratisbon in 972. He was tutor to the future Emperor St Henry II.

He died at Pupping in Upper Austria on 31 October 994, carried at his request into the chapel of St Othmar. Many miracles followed at his grave.

The miracles

The Catholic Encyclopedia does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.

Why that counted as sanctity

A reforming bishop who taught a saint.

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