Wolfgang of Regensburg

Saint

Wolfgang
Saint; Wolfgang
	Saint Wolfgang, stained glass, Parish Church in Leising
The Almoner
Born	c. 934; Holy Roman Empire
Died	31 October 994
Venerated in	Catholic Church; Eastern Orthodox Church
Canonized	1052 AD by Pope Leo IX
Feast	31 October
Attributes	depicted with an axe in the right hand and the crozier in the left; or as a hermit in the wilderness being discovered by a hunter.
Patronage	apoplexy; carpenters and wood carvers; paralysis; Regensburg, Germany; stomach diseases; strokes

Wolfgang of Regensburg (Latin: Wolfgangus; c. 934 – 31 October 994 AD) was bishop of Regensburg in Bavaria from Christmas 972 until his death. He is a saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. He is regarded as one of the three great German saints of the 10th century, the other two being Ulrich of Augsburg and Conrad of Constance. Towards the end of his life Wolfgang withdrew as a hermit to a solitary spot, in the Salzkammergut region of Upper Austria. Soon after Wolfgang's death many churches chose him as their patron saint, and various towns were named after him.