> >> Another student desires a "violent" saint who participated in a war or
> >> Crusade. He is considering St. Louis, but apparently was hoping for someone
> >> a little more flashy, an Archbishop Turpin type. Can anyone suggest a
> >> "saint" (the individual need not be canonized) that fits this profile, and
> >> for whom there exist English-language translations of primary sources?
> >
> >> -Nancy Caciola
I seem to remember that St Ulrich of Augsburg was the first saint to be
canonized by the pope, instead of a local bishop (don't quote me on
that!).
All I know about his life is that Ulrich of Augsburg was a bishop, who
died in the tenth century battling the Hungarians.
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Frans van Liere
Department of History
College of Charleston 0 Bee Street
Charleston SC 29424 Charleston SC 29403
tel. (803) 953-1354 (803) 723-4051
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