Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—U

Ulric

Son of Count Siegendorf. He rescues Stralenheim from the Oder, but, being informed by his father that the man he had saved is the enemy of their house, he murders him. (Byron: Werner.)

St. Ulric.
Much honoured by fishermen. He died 973 on ashes strewed in the form of a cross upon the floor.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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