Alaric

Alaric of Ufenau (by his true name Adalric of Swabia, or Adalric of Einsiedeln) was born around 950, was a monk at the monastery of Einsiedeln, then a hermit on the island of Ufenau in Lake Zürich, and died on 29 September 973.

He is called, by tradition, the son of Duchess Reginlinda and Duke Burchard II of Swabia, but the descent is not proven. He was a priest at the church of Saints Peter and Paul, built by his mother. He then entered the Benedictine order at Einsiedeln and received the obedience of guardian of the monastery. After Duchess Reginlinda fell ill with leprosy, she went into exile with him on Ufenau. He then lived as a hermit between the island of Ufenau and the forest of Einsiedeln.

His tomb is in the church of Saints Peter and Paul, while the Baroque sarcophagus, now empty, was moved to the church of Saint Martin, both on Ufenau. He has been honored since the 14th century: an altar was raised in his honor in 1372, the tomb was opened in 1659, and the bones were buried in a sarcophagus and moved to Einsiedeln in 1959. Since the 17th century he has been honored at Einsiedeln and Freienbach, where the parish church bears his name. He is remembered on 29 September.

He is a local saint of the West; no Orthodox synodal canonization is known.