Saints Library · Teaching and Sharing
St. Wolfgang of Regensburg
Bishop of Regensburg
Life and historical setting
Wolfgang of Regensburg (924–994) is remembered in the Church as bishop of Regensburg. The supplied Catholic source associates this life with Pfullingen.
Documented offices and forms of service associated with Wolfgang of Regensburg include Roman Catholic Bishop of Regensburg, bishop, Catholic priest. The religious family connected with this vocation is Benedictines.
Wolfgang of Regensburg began a thorough reform of the clergy. Wolfgang of Regensburg's earthly life ended at Puppingen, near Linz, in 994.
The enduring witness of Wolfgang of Regensburg is especially connected with gospel encounter and discipleship, prayer and contemplation, and conversion and moral renewal. Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.
Vocation and witness
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Gospel encounter and discipleship
The supplied account connects this life directly with Christ, the Gospel, or the apostolic witness.
Prayer and contemplation
Prayer, contemplation, or a disciplined interior life is a significant part of the recorded witness.
Conversion and moral renewal
The narrative emphasizes repentance, conversion, reform, or a decisive return to God.
Preaching and evangelization
The source remembers preaching, missionary work, baptism, catechesis, or another form of evangelization.
Sharing the faith
The source presents teaching and evangelization as service to the Church and future generations.
Spiritual legacy
The enduring witness of Wolfgang of Regensburg is especially connected with gospel encounter and discipleship, prayer and contemplation, and conversion and moral renewal. Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.
Prayerful reflection
God of holiness, through the witness of Wolfgang of Regensburg, strengthen us in patient teaching, evangelization, and the faithful transmission of the Catholic faith. Keep our attention fixed on Jesus Christ, and teach us to answer grace faithfully in the duties, relationships, and needs placed before us. Amen.
Historical and liturgical note
Catalogued feast-day statement; confirm the calendar used by the local Church or religious family.
Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.