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Saint Sturm
Austrian saint
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Feast: 17 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
704
Died
779
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In the monastery of Fulda in Austrasia, in Germany, Saint Sturm, abbot, who, a disciple of Saint Boniface, evangelized Saxony and, by his master's order, had this famous monastery built, which he governed as its first abbot.
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 17 December as a disciple of Saint Boniface and first abbot of Fulda.
Connected on this site
- Saint Boniface Saint Teacher
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 17 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q280476 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Sturm (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.