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Also known as

• Deocarus
• Deotker
• Dietger
• Gottlief
• Theotgar
• Theutger

Memorial

• 7 July

Profile

Hermit in the Franconia forests near Fulda, an area in modern Germany. Spiritual student of Blessed Alcuin at Aachen, Germany. Benedictine monk and first abbot of Herriedon abbey; he was chosen for the position by Blessed Charlemagne. Appointed missus regius (king‘s messenger), a royal office, in 802. Helped translate the relics to Saint Boniface to Fulda in 819. Attended the synod of Mainz, Germany in 829. A famous miracle ascribed to him was healing a young boy‘s blindness by prayer.

Born

• late 8th century, probably in Bavaria, Germany

Died

• 847 at the abbey of Herriedon, Germany of natural causes
• interred in the church of Saint Vitus
• some relics were moved to Saint Lawrence church, Nuernberg, Germany in 1316
• these relics were moved to Eichstätt, Germany in 1845

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• blind people
• eye patients

Representation

• man enthroned under Christ among the apostles
• man giving thanks before an altar while nearby is the boy whose blindness was healed
• man standing in front of an open tomb, which may be identified as that of Saint Boniface

MLA Citation

• “Saint Deochar“. CatholicSaints.Info. 23 May 2020. Web. 14 July 2020. <>