Ulrich of Augsburg
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Ulrich of Augsburg, sometimes spelled Uodalric or Odalrici, was Prince-Bishop of Augsburg in the Holy Roman Empire. He was the first saint to be canonized not by a local authority but by the pope.
Oil painting by Leonhard Beck
Left wing of an altar: St. Ulrich by the Master of Messkirch (1535 and 1540)
Votive tablet depicting the Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saints Leopold, Ulrich and Andrew by Rueland Frueauf the Younger
Statue of S. Ulrich in a church in Gora Oljka (Slovenia).
Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg
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The Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg was one of the prince-bishoprics of the Holy Roman Empire, and belonged to the Swabian Circle. It should not be confused with the larger diocese of Augsburg, over which the prince-bishop exercised only spiritual authority.
Territory of the Prince-Bishopric
Bishop Friedrich von Zollern (1486–1505)
Reading of the Confessio Augustana by Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Augsburg, 1530
The Prince-Bishopric and the Diocese of Augsburg