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*Saint Wigand, three people: **

Venantius of Berri Venantius of Berri was a fifth century Saint and abbot. He was born in Berry (province), Berri and joined the order of Martin of Tours and was elected abbot. His life was written by Gregory of Tours. His feast day was 13 October. References

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, 5th century **

Venantius of Camerino Venantius of Camerino (, also known as Saint Wigand) (died 18 May 251 or 253)San Venanzio di Camer ...

, 3rd century **

Venantius of Salona Venantius of Salona (also Wigand; died 259), was a Christian saint, martyr and Bishop of Salona in Dalmatia, active in the later half of the third century AD. He was possibly martyred in Delminium. He either was the first bishop or succeeded Saint ...

, 3rd century *Wigand of Herford, author of a biography of Saint

Waltger Waltger was a Saxon nobleman who founded Herford Abbey in the 830s. In 838, he gave the monastery to the Emperor Louis the Pious, who in turn placed it under the authority of the Benedictine nunnery of Notre-Dame de Soissons.Eric Knibbs, ''Ansgar, ...

Wigand Siebel Wigand Siebel (born 4 January 1929 in Freudenberg, Westphalia, died 29 August 2014) was a German sociologist. Scientific career After his graduation, Siebel worked for the Social Research Center of Dortmund. In 1964, he was appointed a lectu ...

, German sociologist *

Wigand Wirt Wigand Wirt (1460June 30, 1519) born at Frankfurt, was a German theologian best known for his polemic writings attacking the Catholic doctrine of the immaculate Conception. In 1506, the Archbishop of Mainz forbade the reading of certain of Wirt's ...

, German theologian *

Wigand of Marburg Wigand of Marburg ()Note that ''von Marburg'' is a purely descriptive title added to his original name of Wigand by later historians, rather than a proper surname. Also the ''von'' should not be confused with a preposition used in later times to d ...

, German herald of the Teutonic Knights in Prussia

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Johann Wigand Johann Wigand (Latin: Jo(h)annes Wigandus; c. 1523 – 21 October 1587) was a German Lutheran cleric, Protestant reformer and theologian. He served as Bishop of Pomesania. Johann Wigand was born at Mansfeld in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. He was ...

(ca. 1523-1587), German Lutheran cleric and theologian, and Bishop of Pomesania *

Albert Julius Wilhelm Wigand Julius Wilhelm Albert Wigand, known as Albert Wigand (April 21, 1821 – October 22, 1886), was a German botanist, pharmacologist and pharmacognostician. His is most well known for being the director of the Alter Botanischer Garten Marburg from ...

(1821–1886), German botanist and opponent of Darwin's theory of evolution *

Jeffrey Wigand Jeffrey Stephen Wigand (; born December 17, 1942) is an American biochemist and tobacco industry whistleblower. He is a former vice president of research and development at Brown & Williamson in Louisville, Kentucky, who worked on the developm ...

, former vice president of research and development at Brown & Williamson *

Justus Heinrich Wigand Justus Heinrich Wigand (13 September 1769 – 10 February 1817) was a Baltic German obstetrician born in Reval (Tallinn). Wigand studied medicine at the Universities of Jena and Erlangen, earning his doctorate at the latter. From 1793 to 1814 he ...

, German obstetrician

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* ''Wigand'' (album), album by the German band Adorned Brood

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