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Ansfried of Utrecht
Dutch bishop and count
SaintFull write-upBenedictinesPre-congregation
Feast: 3 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
940
Died
1010
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In the monastery of Hohorst in Flanders, in the territory of present-day Belgium, the passing of Saint Ansfried, bishop of Utrecht, who, struck by blindness, withdrew to this place.
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 3 May as a bishop of Utrecht who, struck by blindness, withdrew to a monastery where he died.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 3 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q569687 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Ansfried of Utrecht (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.