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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 28th of December WELCOME! ATHELA, ABBESS Athela, the daughter of King Dagobert of France, was the first abbess of the Pfalzel monastery ( Palatiolum ) near Trier. Bucelin * lists her as "Blessed Athela." See also: Saint Adela (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  1, Augsburg 1858, p. 339) *A hagiography source used by the authors  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

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 24th of December WELCOME! SAINT ADELA, ABBESS Saint Adela (Adula, Adulla) was the sister of Saint Irmene and daughter of King Dagobert II in France. She married a respected nobleman, named Alberich, and bore him a son, who later became the father of the holy Abbot Gregory in Utrecht.  SHE TOOK THE VEIL After the death of her husband, Adela devoted herself entirely to the exercises of godliness and took the veil in the convent she founded in Palatinate ( Palatiolum ), not far from Trier.  SHE WAS ABBESS OF THE COMMUNITY  From the life of her grandson, Saint Gregory, we know that in 722 she headed the community there as abbess. How long she lived after this is not known; but it is believed that she died around the year 734. Her will, drawn up on April 1, 732, is still preserved. See also:  Athela, Abbess (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia o...