Adulf

Saint Adulf (Adolph, Athwulf, Æthelwulf) was an Anglo-⁠Saxon saint who died around 680. Almost nothing is known of his life.

He is said to have been the brother of Saint Botolph, but the church historian Holweck held that he was not. The story, which began with the Thorney monk Folcard in his life of Botolph, that he was at one time bishop of Maastricht, is now generally thought to rest on a confusion of names; it does, however, explain why he is often honored as a bishop. The monastery at Iken in East Anglia was destroyed in Viking raids. It is said that when, by order of Æthelwold of Winchester, Botolph's body was disinterred for translation to the new abbey of Thorney, Adulf's body was found buried with it, and since the bones could not be separated, the remains of both saints were taken to Thorney. The feast of the two is kept on 17 June, by the Western calendar (new style). He is honored as a saint of the undivided Church.