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Venerable

Alaric of Einsiedeln

A monk of the Abbey of Einsiedeln in Switzerland, who reposed around 975.

Feast
September 29old style October 12
Reposed
97510th century
Place
Einsiedeln Abbey

Life

Saint Alaric of Einsiedeln (Alaricus, Adalric) was the son of Duke Burkhard II of Swabia and a monk of the abbey of Einsiedeln in Switzerland. In the end he lived as a hermit on the island of Uffnau in the Lake of Zurich. He reposed in 975. He is commemorated on 29 September, as a saint of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar.

Commemorated the same day September 29