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Saint Adolar
German Catholic priest (750–754)
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Feast: 5 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
750
Died
754
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Dokkum among the Frisians, in present-day Holland, Saints Eoban, bishop, Adolar and nine companions, martyrs, who received the crown together with Saint Boniface in his same glorious combat.
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 5 June as a martyr at Dokkum with Saint Boniface.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 5 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q347117 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.