Berengar, Bishop of Passau

Bistumswappen of Passau.

Berengar of Passau (* in Passau, 14 July 1045 in Passau) was the Bishop of Passau from 1013 to 1045.^[1]^[2]

Berengar was the son of a wealthy citizen and probably one of the few Bishops of Passau born in Passau. During Berengar's reign, the Hungarian Queen Gisela came to Passau to enter the Benedictine nunnery of , where she soon became an abbess. On the Ascension of the Ascension of the Year 1045, Emperor Henry III. As a guest of Bishop Berengars in Passau, he maintained close relations with the later Abbot Gotthard of Niederaltaich and the famous hermit Gunther.

References[]

^ "Liste aller Bischöfe des Bistums". Archived from the original on 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
^ Herbert Wilhelm Wurster: Das Bistum Passau und seine Geschichte. 4 Bände, Straßburg 1994-2010.

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[1] "Liste aller Bischöfe des Bistums". Archived from the original on 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2017-07-04.

[2] Herbert Wilhelm Wurster: Das Bistum Passau und seine Geschichte. 4 Bände, Straßburg 1994-2010.

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