Audogar

Audogar, with an abbot's staff and a miter on his head, surrounded by two monks (depiction in the Hildegard Chronicle of 1499)

Audogar (* 8th century ; † 8th or 9th century ) was the first founder of the Kempten monastery and its first abbot in 752. The second founder (from 773) is the wife of Charlemagne , Queen Hildegard, according to Kempten tradition the 13th century moved more into the foreground. As abbot of the monastery, which has existed since 752, Audogar supposedly took part in the (second) foundation by Hildegard, which was confirmed by Charlemagne.

According to Hildegard's chronicle and other late medieval sources, Audogar is said to have been related to Hildegard. In the Kempten sources he is also referred to as the son of a Duke of Braunschweig .

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There are no early medieval sources about Abbot Audogar; he is also not mentioned in fraternity lists. Nevertheless, Hermann von Reichenau (d. 1054), who was the first to name him and to whom older sources were available, is considered credible. Hermann mentions Audogar in his world chronicle as the first founder and abbot of the Kempten monastery ("Audogarius, primus Cambidonensis coenobii fundator et abbas, locum illum incolere coepit." Translation: Audogar, first founder and abbot of the Kempten monastery, began to live in that place.)

In addition to the spelling “Audogar”, the founder of the monastery is also called Audegarius , Audegar or Andegar (spelling mistake) in later traditions .

Individual evidence

↑ Birgit Kata: Jubilees to the history of the Princely Monastery of Kempten. In: Birgit Kata u. a. (Ed.): More than 1000 years: The Kempten Abbey between founding and relinquishment 752 - 1802. Allgäu research on archeology and history , No. 1. Likias, Kempten 2006, ISBN 3-980-76286-6 , p. 86.
↑ Birgit Kata: Jubilees to the history of the Princely Monastery of Kempten. In: Birgit Kata u. a. (Ed.): More than 1000 years: The Kempten Abbey between founding and relinquishment 752 - 1802. Allgäu research on archeology and history , No. 1. Likias, Kempten 2006, ISBN 3-980-76286-6 , p. 90.
↑ Register of persons and places. In: Birgit Kata u. a. (Ed.): More than 1000 years: The Kempten Abbey between founding and relinquishment 752 - 1802. Allgäu research on archeology and history , No. 1. Likias, Kempten 2006, ISBN 3-980-76286-6 , p. 447.

predecessor	Office	successor
-	Abbot of Kempten 752 - 796	Theothun

personal data
SURNAME	Audogar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Audegar; Audegarius; Audegar; Andegar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Founder of the monastery and first abbot of Kempten
DATE OF BIRTH	8th century
DATE OF DEATH	8th century or 9th century

[1] Birgit Kata: Jubilees to the history of the Princely Monastery of Kempten. In: Birgit Kata u. a. (Ed.): More than 1000 years: The Kempten Abbey between founding and relinquishment 752 - 1802. Allgäu research on archeology and history , No. 1. Likias, Kempten 2006, ISBN 3-980-76286-6 , p. 86.

[2] Birgit Kata: Jubilees to the history of the Princely Monastery of Kempten. In: Birgit Kata u. a. (Ed.): More than 1000 years: The Kempten Abbey between founding and relinquishment 752 - 1802. Allgäu research on archeology and history , No. 1. Likias, Kempten 2006, ISBN 3-980-76286-6 , p. 90.

[3] Register of persons and places. In: Birgit Kata u. a. (Ed.): More than 1000 years: The Kempten Abbey between founding and relinquishment 752 - 1802. Allgäu research on archeology and history , No. 1. Likias, Kempten 2006, ISBN 3-980-76286-6 , p. 447.