Osgar was a 10th-century Abbot of Abingdon in the English county of Berkshire (now Oxfordshire).

Osgar was a cleric in minor orders who went with Saint Aethelwold from Glastonbury to Abingdon. He was eventually appointed Æthelwold's successor, probably in 964 and died in 984 (Kelly 2000).

References

  • Kelly, S. E. 2000. Charters of Abingdon, part 1. Anglo-Saxon Charters 7.


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