Feasts, Obligatory and Optional Memorials of Saints
- Adelaide, widow
St. Adelaide (931-999 A.D.) was the daughter of Rudolf of Upper Burgundy. She married Lothair of Italy when she was 16 years old as part of the terms of a treaty between her father Rudolf and and the father of Lothair, Hugh of Provence. Lothair died in 950 A.D. due to poisoning by his successor. Adelaide was imprisoned afterwards because she refused to marry the successor's son. When an invading German King Otto the Great freed her from prison, Adelaide married him in 951 A.D.
Otto the Great was crowned Emperor in Rome the following year and died in 973 A.D. His son, Otto II, succeeded him and because of the enmity of Otto II's wife, Adelaide left the court. However, the two were eventually reconciled by Abbot Majolus of Cluny.
St. Adelaide was active in founding and restoring monasteries. She also worked in the conversion of the Slavs. She died in a monastery she founded at Selta, near Cologne.
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