Adulf
{{short description|7th-century Anglo-Saxon saint}}
{{Hatnote|For the given name, see Adolf. For the English king, see Ealdwulf of East Anglia. For the Frisian ruler, see Audulf.}}
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|name=Saint Adulf
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|death_date={{circa|680}}
|feast_day=17 June
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Saint Adulf (also Adolph, Adolf, Athwulf, Æthelwulf or Æðelwulf) (died {{circa|680 AD}}) was an Anglo-Saxon saint.
Life
Adulf is said to have been the brother of Botolph, but virtually nothing is known about his life. Church historian Frederick George Holweck says he was not Botolph's brother.[https://books.google.com/books?id=LP4UAAAAQAAJ&dq=Aberoh+and+Atom&pg=PA78 Holweck, Frederick George. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints, B. Herder, 1924, p. 20]
The story, which originated with a monk of Thorney, Folcard's account of Botolph's life, that Adulf was at one-time bishop of Maastricht, is now generally thought to rest on a confusion of names and to have no substance. However, it does explain the reason today's saint is often honoured as a bishop.{{cite web|last=Rabenstein |first=Katherine |title=Adulf (Adolph, Adulph), B(?) |work=Saints O' the Day for June 17 |date=June 1998 |url=http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0617.htm |access-date=2012-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070227164901/http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0617.htm |archive-date=February 27, 2007 |url-status=dead }}
The monastery at Iken, in the Kingdom of East Anglia, was destroyed in Viking raids. It is said that when by the orders of Æthelwold of Winchester, Botolph's body was disinterred for translation to the new abbey of Thorney, Adulf's body was buried with it, and as it proved impossible to disentangle the bones, the remains of both saints were taken to Thorney, where the relics of Adulf remained.[http://www.newmanconnection.com/faith/saint/saint-adulf "Saint Adulf", Newman Connection] The feast day of both saints is 17 June.
References and notes
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External links
- {{PASE|18025|Athulf 1}}
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