ST ADELAIDE, EMPRESS - 16 DECEMBER

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER

Saints celebrated on the 16th of December

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SAINT ADELAIDE, EMPRESS

Saint Adelaide, or Alice, of Germany, A.D. 999, Dec. 16. She was the daughter of the Duke of Burgundy , and early married Lothaire, King of Italy. After his death she was imprisoned by his successor at Pavia, but escaped , and fled to Germany, where she married the Emperor, Otho I. 

She spent her life in good works , and herself educated her son most carefully. Yet after the death of his father, he allowed himself to be influenced for evil by his wife, and he banished Adelaide from court. 

Misfortune, however, befell him, and he recalled his mother, though his wife continued hostile to her. After a reign of nine years Otho II and his wife both died, and Adelaide became Regent. She continued her works of mercy, particularly encouraging and building religious houses. She died when travelling, at Salcis.

Saints and their symbols, E. A. Greene; Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington; London, 1881

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Adelaide may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.