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Adela

Catholic saint and royal princess

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Feast: 24 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
660
Died
734
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Adela of Pfalzel (d. 734 or 735), sometimes called Adula or Adolana, was a Frankish noblewoman, abbess, and Catholic saint. Some sources state that her father was Dagobert II and that her sister was Saint Irmina of Oeren. She married a man named Alberic; after he died, she entered the Benedictine monastery of Pfalzel, near Trier; she might have been the monastery's founder and first abbess. She died in Pfalzel in 735. Her feast day is on December 24 in the Orthodox Church; and on January 3 in the Catholic Church.

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The miracles

Limited information available on this saint.

Why that counted as sanctity

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Connected on this site

  • Dagobert II Saint Father
    “Some sources state that her father was Dagobert II and that her sister was Saint Irmina of Oeren.” — Wikipedia
  • Gregory of Utrecht Saint Relative
  • Irmina of Oeren Saint Mother, Brother or sister, Parent
    “Some sources state that her father was Dagobert II and that her sister was Saint Irmina of Oeren.” — Wikipedia
  • Plectrude Saint Brother or sister
  • Regintrud Saint Brother or sister
Sources

Not yet written up in full: no Church source with an account of this person has been found yet. The name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.

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