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Adalgar
archbishop
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 29 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
900
Died
909
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Adalgar (died 9 May 909), venerated as Saint Adalgar, was the third archbishop of Bremen from 888 until his death. Adalgar is revered as a saint in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. His feast day is 29 April.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Butler's Lives of the Saints; Benedictine Menology — Butler: "...sent, it has been said, as a regionary bishop to Sweden either by St Anskar or by St Adalgar of Bremen"; the Benedictine Menology records Archbishop Adalgar of Bremen-Hamburg. Feast 29 April.
- Wikidata Q348132 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Adalgar (CC BY-SA)
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