Ulrich of Augsburg
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Ulrich of Augsburg (890 – 4 July 973), sometimes spelled Uodalric or Odalrici, was Prince-Bishop of Augsburg in the Holy Roman Empire. He was the first saint to be canonized not by a local authority but by the pope.[3]
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Saint Ulrich of Augsburg | |
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Bishop of Augsburg | |
Born | 890[1] Kyburg, now Switzerland |
Died | (973-07-04)4 July 973 (aged 82 or 83) Augsburg, Holy Roman Empire |
Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church Catholic Church |
Canonized | 4 July 993 by Pope John XV |
Feast | 4 July |
Attributes | Bishop holding a fish; at dinner with Saint Wolfgang; rewarding a messenger with a goose leg, which turns into a fish on Friday morning; giving a garment to a beggar; with Saint Afra; riding through a river on horseback as his companion sinks; with a cross given him by an angel[2] |
Patronage | Against birth complications; against faintness; against fever; against mice and moles; diocese of Augsburg, Germany; happy death; weavers; San Dorligo della Valle |
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