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Adalrich
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 29 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
950
Died
973
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
On the island of Ufnau on Lake Zurich in present-day Switzerland, Saint Adalrich, priest and hermit.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 29 September as a priest and hermit on the island of Ufnau.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 29 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q348323 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.