Editing Ulrich of Augsburg (section)

== Veneration ==
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[[File:St.Ulrich am Pillersee - Deckenfresko 3b.jpg|thumb|Detail of ''Glory of Saint Ulrich of Augsburg'', a baroque fresco by Simon Benedikt Faistenberger, 1749]]

When Ulrich was too old and weak to say Mass, angels are said to have come to him to assist him. Places that were named after him are said to be host to healing abilities. Attesting to his early [[Cult (religious practice)|cultus]], there is a miniature from the tenth century in a manuscript now in the library of [[Einsiedeln Abbey|Einsiedeln]].<ref>no. 261, fol. 140</ref> Other miniatures are at the [[Bavarian State Library]], in manuscripts dating from the year 1454.<ref>Cgm. no. 94, fo. no. 26v, and Cgm. no. 751</ref>

Many [[miracle]]s are said to have been wrought at his grave; only 20 years after his death, Ulrich was canonised by [[Pope John XV]] on 4 July 993. He was the first saint to be canonised by a Pope, rather than by a local authority.<ref name=CNA>[https://web.archive.org/web/20091003084043/http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint.php?n=291 "St. Ulrich of Augsburg", Catholic News Agency]</ref> [[Walter of Pontoise]] was the last saint in [[Western Europe]] to have been canonised by an authority other than the Pope; he was canonised by [[Hugh of Amiens]], the [[Archbishop of Rouen]] in 1153.<ref name="ofsnlu">William Smith, Samuel Cheetham, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=1LIPFk6oFVkC A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities]'' (Murray, 1875), 283.</ref><ref>[http://www.saint-mike.org/library/papal_library/AlexanderIII/biography.html Alexander III]</ref>

=== Patronage ===
Along with Afra and Simpert, Ulrich is a patron saint of Augsburg. Legend held that pregnant women who drank from his [[chalice]] had easy deliveries, and thus developed his patronage of pregnant women and easy births. The touch of his pastoral cross was used to heal people bitten by [[rabies|rabid]] dogs.<ref name=CNA/>

The veneration of Ulrich was carried to the Western Hemisphere by the German Catholic peasant pioneers whom [[Francis Xavier Pierz]] persuade to settle in central [[Minnesota]] following the [[Treaty of Traverse des Sioux]] in 1851. Along with [[Magnus of Füssen]], Ulrich's intercession was credited with the defeat of the 1856–1857 [[Rocky Mountain locust]] plague, and both saints continued afterwards to be venerated in and around [[Stearns County, Minnesota]], with pilgrimages and religious processions. (See also [[Assumption Chapel]]).<ref name=gross>{{Cite journal |last=Gross |first=Stephen John |url=http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/catholic_historical_review/v092/92.2gross.pdf |title=The Grasshopper Shrine at Cold Spring, Minnesota - Religion and Market Capitalism among German-American Catholics |journal=The Catholic Historical Review |date=April 2006 |volume=92 |issue=2 |pages=215–243 |doi=10.1353/cat.2006.0133 |s2cid=159890053}}</ref>