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{{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | honorific-prefix = | name = Saint Hunger | title = Bishop of Utrecht | image = | alt = | caption = | church = [[Catholic Church]] ([[East–West Schism|pre-Schism Christian Church]]) | archdiocese = | diocese = [[Archdiocese of Utrecht (695–1580)|Archdiocese of Utrecht]] | see = | term = 854–866 | predecessor = | successor = <!-- Orders --> | ordination = | ordained_by = | consecration = | consecrated_by = | cardinal = | rank = <!-- Personal details --> | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = 866 | death_place = | previous_post = | nationality = }} '''Hunger''' (died 866), also known as '''{{lang|la|Hungerus Frisus}}''', was the [[Archdiocese of Utrecht (695–1580)|Bishop of Utrecht]] from 854 to 866. He is a [[saint]] of the [[Catholic]] and [[Eastern Orthodox Church]]es. Born around 800, Hunger became a Benedictine.<ref name=katolsk>[https://www.katolsk.no/biografier/historisk/hutrecht "Den hellige Hunger av Utrecht (~800-866)", Den katolske kirke]</ref> After the death of his predecessor [[Liudger of Utrecht]], Liudger's nephew Craft was offered the seat. However, Craft, a very wealthy person, refused because he was afraid that he would attract [[Viking]] raids. Instead, [[Canon (priest)|Canon]] Hunger was appointed.<ref>[https://www.frisiacoasttrail.com/post/a-frisian-bishop-who-proceeded-the-hunger-games Faber, Hans. "The bishop from Frisia who proceeded The Hunger Games", Frisia Coast Trail]</ref> At first his relations with the Vikings were peaceful, but eventually Utrecht was threatened by the Vikings, which caused the bishop and the entire clergy of Utrecht to flee to [[Sint Odiliënberg]], near [[Roermond]].<ref name=katolsk/> In 858, the Lotharingian king [[Lothair II]] made a monastery available for them. Later the bishop settled in [[Prüm]] and then in [[Deventer]]. Hunger seems to have been a godly man who, unlike his predecessors, did not engage in [[nepotism]]. In the case of the childless marriage between Lothair II and his wife [[Teutberga]], he defended the sanctity of their marriage on biblical and theological grounds, but to secure his succession, Lothair II repudiated his wife and married [[Waldrada of Lotharingia|Waldrada]], with whom he had a son. Hunger died in Prüm in Germany. His [[feast day]] is 22 December.
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