About Hildoard
Lived 701 – 816 (aged 114–115). Hildoard was a bishop.
Hildoard or Hildo, was bishop of Cambrai from 790 to 816.
He was a liturgical reformer, closely tied to the court of Charlemagne. His sacramentary is the only surviving exact copy, made around 812, of the Sacramentarium Hadrianum, sent out by Pope Hadrian I to Charlemagne.
He restored Maubeuge Abbey.
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Who was Hildoard?
French bishop
When was Hildoard born?
Hildoard was born in 701.
When did Hildoard die?
Hildoard died in 816.
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Hildoard was a bishop.
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