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ADELAIDE, ABBESS - 28 APRIL

  WELCOME! ADELAIDE, ABBESS Adelaide (Adelheidis) , Abbess, is remembered on April 28. She was born into the illustrious house of the Counts of Ridtberg and and at an early age entered the monastery of  Saint Aegidius in Münster. Subsequently she became abbess there. She had a special devotion to Jesus the Crucified, whose image she constantly carried with her, and shone before all by the holiness of her example. She flourished in 1325. Several martyrologists of the Benedictine Order list her with the title " venerable ."  (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 36) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk,  de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

ADELAIDE, ABBESS - 10 NOVEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 10th of November WELCOME! ADELAIDE, ABBESS Monastery yard in the snow Adelaide (Adelheidis), remembered on November 10, was daughter of the Frankish king Pepin and abbess of Kitzingen. She is more commonly known as Adeloga . (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 37) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk,  de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org