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Odulf of Stavoren
Friesian monk and saint
SaintResearchedBenedictinesPre-congregation
Feast: 12 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
750
Died
865
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Utrecht in Lotharingia, in present-day Holland, Saint Odulf, priest, who evangelized the Frisians.
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 12 June as a priest who evangelized the Frisians.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 12 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q470859 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Odulf (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.