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Deocar

SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Born
800
Died
829
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

St. Deocarus, first abbot of Herrieden in the diocese of Eichstaett, was at first a hermit in that place, which was still a wilderness at the time. He enjoyed the good will of Charlemagne, who built a small church for him in honor of the Blessed Virgin, and also a monastery of which Deocarus was made the first abbot. Deocarus was well versed in the Holy Scriptures and died in the odor of sanctity about 850. In 1316 the body was raised by the bishop of Eichstaett and enshrined in a more conspicuous 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

A Benedictine Martyrology (1922) remembers him on 7 June.

Sources

Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.

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