Chrodegang was an eighth-century Frankish bishop and statesman who served as the chancellor and prime minister for Charles Martel. Born in the early 700s near Tongeren to a noble family, he was educated at the monastery of Saint-Trond and the cathedral school of Metz. His influential career included acting as an apostolic delegate for Pope Stephen II and assisting in the coronation of Pepin. He is remembered as a significant reformer who sought to organize the clergy through communal living and liturgical standardization.