Adelin of Séez explained

Honorific Prefix:Saint
Adelin of Séez
Birth Date:unknown
Death Date:c. 910
Feast Day:10 November
Venerated In:Roman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Anglican Communion
Titles:Monk, Abbot and Bishop

Adelin of Séez (also, Hadelin, Adelheim, Adelhelm, or Adalhelmus) (died c. 910) was a Benedictine monk and abbot at the abbey of Anisole.[1] He was the Bishop of Séez for twenty-six years starting around 884.[2] He is noted for authoring a work on the life and miracles of Opportuna of Montreuil (Vita et miracula Sanctae Opportunae).[3]

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Notes and References

  1. The monastery of Anisole, Maine, was founded by the hermit Calevisus (Saint Calais, 460-541), to whom the monastery was later rededicated, and from whom the town of Saint-Calais took its name. William de St-Calais (d. 1096) was prince-bishop of Durham.
  2. Web site: Jones . Terry . Hadelin . Patron Saints Index . 2007-04-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070206112058/http://catholic-forum.com/saints/sainth50.htm . 2007-02-06 .
  3. Encyclopedia: Goyau. Georges . Seez . The Catholic Encyclopedia . 8 . Robert Appleton Company . 1912 . 2007-04-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20070514003113/http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13681d.htm. 14 May 2007 . live.