of Fulda. About 737 Boniface transferred him to Thuringia as Abbot of Ohrdruf, where he established a school for missionaries operating in Thuringia. Wihtberht died in 747, and was initially buried in Fritzlar in the stone basilica he had built to replace the original wooden chapel. His former student, Lullus later had most of his body (except for a few sacred relics which remained in Fritzlar) interred in a gold and silver shrine in Hersfeld Abbey. However, the Wihtberht is patron saint of the town of Bad Hersfeld. His feast day is August 13. Legacy The Priory of St Wigbert (Priorat Sankt Wigberti) is an ecumenical Benedictine monastery for men, belonging to the Lutheran Church of Thuringia, located in Werningshausen, Germany. See also Willibrord References External links Catholic Online: St. Wigbert 675 births 747 deaths West Saxon saints Anglo-Saxon Benedictines Christian missionaries in Germany 8th-century Christian saints Medieval English saints 8th-century English clergy English Christian monks