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St. Ada
Saint, nun, abbess
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 4 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
600
Died
700
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Le Mans in Neustria, now in France, Saint Adrehilde or Ada, abbess of the monastery of Saint Mary.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: she has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 4 December as abbess of the monastery of Saint Mary at Le Mans.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 4 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q7586679 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Ada (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.