Nidker

Nidker of Augsburg
Bishop of Augsburg
Diocese	Augsburg
In office	816 – 830
Predecessor	Hanto of Augsburg
Successor	Udalmann of Augsburg
Personal details
Died	830
Buried	Basilica of SS. Ulrich and Afra, Augsburg
Denomination	Roman Catholic

Ulrich cross with Nidker, standing, on the left bar, where his name is spelled Nigarius

Nidker (or Nidgar) was the bishop of Augsburg from 816 until his death around 830. ^[1]

Nidker succeeded Hanto as bishop in 816. ^[2] On 31 August 822, he was a member of a Missus dominicus court held in Allershausen. At the same court, he was sued by Bishop Hitto of Freising over possession of the church at Kienberg. The case was decided in favour of Freising. ^[3]

Nidker died around 830 and was buried in the church of Saints Ulrich and Afra. ^[4] He was succeeded by Udalmann. ^[2] He came to be recognised as a saint. ^[5] In 1064, when the church was demolished and rebuilt, the bones of Nidker were found along with those of Saint Digna of Augsburg and two earlier bishops, Adalbero  [ de ] and Wicterp  [ fr ]. After 1494, Nidker is depicted alongside Digna, Adalbero, Wicterp and Bishop Tosso  [ de ] on many of the Ulrich crosses that were purchased by pilgrims at the church. ^[6]

Notes and references

1. Tyler 1998 , p. 208, and Hammer 2018 , p. 18. Graham 1944 , p. 31, gives his dates as 815–832.
2. Tyler 1998, p. 208.
3. Hammer 2018 , pp. 18–19, with the document in translation at 181–182. See also Brown 2001 , pp. 151–152.
4. Tyler 1998 , p. 121n. The church was not yet dedicated to Ulrich at the time.
5. Tyler 1998, p. 121n.
6. Graham 1944 , p. 31. Tozzo's relics had been discovered in 1454.

Bibliography

• Brown, Warren (2001). Unjust Seizure: Conflict, Interest, and Authority in an Early Medieval Society. Cornell University Press.
• Graham, Rose (1944). "An Ulrich Cross in the Guildhall Museum". Journal of the British Archaeological Association. Third Series. 9 (1): 30–32. doi:10.1080/00681288.1944.11894685.
• Hammer, Carl I. (2018). Huosiland: A Small Country in Carolingian Europe. Archaeopress.
• Krüger, Thomas Michael (2018). "Heilige Bischöfe Wikterp (gest. vor 772), Tozzo (reg. Um 772 – um 778) und Nidker (Nidgar) (reg. Um 816 – um 830)". In Thomas Groll; Walter Ansbacher (eds.). Augusta Sacra - Heilige, Selige und Glaubenszeugen des Bistums Augsburg. pp. 56–69.
• Tyler, J. Jeffery (1998). Lord of the Sacred City - The Episcopus Exclusus in Late Medieval and Early Modern Germany. Brill.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Hanto	Bishop of Augsburg 816 – 830	Succeeded by Udalmann