▁Cor vey ▁and ▁Th iet mar ▁of ▁Mer se burg . ▁While ▁both ▁agree ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁dec ap itated , ▁their ▁accounts ▁on ▁how ▁that ▁happened ▁differ : ▁W id uk ind ▁says ▁that ▁during ▁the ▁battle , ▁Sto ign iew ▁was ▁ch ased ▁into ▁a ▁wood , ▁run ▁down ▁and ▁killed ▁by ▁a ▁soldier ▁named ▁H osed , ▁who ▁was ▁hands om ely ▁reward ed ▁after ▁present ing ▁Otto ▁with ▁Sto ign iew ' s ▁sever ed ▁head . ▁▁ ▁Th iet mar ▁of ▁Mer se burg ▁claims ▁the ▁captured ▁Sto ign iew , ▁whom ▁he ▁calls ▁Sto inn eg , ▁was ▁dec ap itated ▁by ▁Otto . ▁After ▁the ▁battle , ▁according ▁to ▁W id uk ind , ▁Sto in egin ' s ▁head ▁was ▁raised ▁on ▁a ▁pole ▁and ▁seven ▁hundred ▁captured ▁S lav s ▁were ▁executed ▁before ▁su nd own . ▁ ▁The ▁ann als ▁of ▁St . ▁G allen ▁also ▁report ▁the ▁violent ▁death ▁of ▁Sto ign iew , ▁whom ▁they ▁name ▁Z to ign av , ▁but ▁do ▁not ▁detail ▁how ▁he ▁had ▁died . ▁They ▁do ▁however ▁date ▁the ▁battle ▁to ▁the ▁day ▁of ▁their ▁patron , ▁Saint ▁Gall ▁– ▁i . e . ▁ 1 6 ▁October . ▁ ▁S ources ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Bibli ography ▁Primary ▁sources ▁Ann ales ▁Sang all enses ▁maior es ▁edit it ▁I . ▁ab ▁Ar x . ▁Par s ▁al tera ▁a . ▁ 9 1 9 ▁– ▁ 1 0 5 6 , ▁in ▁Georg ▁Heinrich ▁P