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Udalric Udalrich Uldaricus Ulderic Ulrich Ulric of Augsburg
Built churches, visited from parish to parish, worked with the sick in hospital, set a good example for his priests, brought relics from Rome - and his good work paid off in the form of improved moral and social conditions for both the clergy and laity.
When the Magyars plundered Germany, they besieged Augsburg. Due to Ulric's courage, his leadership, and his ability to organize the resistance, Augsburg held until Emperor Otto arrived. On 10 August 955, a battle was fought in the Lechfeld, and the invaders finally defeated. Some legends say that Ulrich fought in the battle, but that was impossible.
After 48 years as bishop, an ill and exhausted Ulric resigned his seat, and handed the diocese to his nephew, a move which had the blessing of the emporer, but which the Synod of Ingelheim ruled uncanonical. They charged and tried the aging bishop for nepotism; Ulrich apologized, did penance, and was forgiven, the message of which reached him on his death bed.
A letter circulated for a while that indicated Ulric did not support priestly celibacy, seeing it as an unnecessary burden. However, this was later proven a forgery, and certainly Ulric had enforced the discipline on himself and his clergy.
Ulric was the first saint canonized by a Pope, which led to the formal process which continues today. Legend has it that pregnant women who drank from his chalice had easy deliveries, and thus his patronage of them, and for easy births. The touch of his pastoral cross was used to heal people bitten by rabid dogs.
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bishop holding a fish; at dinner with Saint Wolfgang rewarding a messenger with a goose leg, which turns into a fish on Friday morning; giving a fish to a beggar; giving a garment to a beggar; with Saint Afra; riding through a river on horseback as his companion sinks; with a cross given him by an angel
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