St. Adeloga of Kitzingen
German saint
Feast: 2 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
St. Adeloga of Kitzingen, also known as Hadeloga and Adela, is a German saint. Her father was Charles Martel, a Frankish statesman and military leader. She was a princess and "of singular beauty". She was sought after for marriage, but she refused, wanting to devote herself to God instead. Her father treated her with "studied brutality and public insult"; she went to his chaplain, who was also her spiritual director, for support and advice, so Martel expelled them both from his palace. They journeyed to Kitzingen, in modern Bavaria, a "wild and desert place", where they built a convent.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
- santiebeati.it, 'Sant' Adeloga di Kitzingen, Badessa' — 'Sant' Adeloga di Kitzingen, Badessa, † 2 febbraio 745 circa, festa 2 febbraio' — feast matches the entry exactly. Daughter of Charles Martel and first abbess of the Benedictine convent she founded at Kitzingen.
- Wikidata Q21809723 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Adeloga of Kitzingen (CC BY-SA)
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