Saint Adela of Messines

Also known as

• Adelais
• Adelaide

Memorial

• 8 September
• formerly 8 January

Profile

Born a princess, the daughter of King Robert the Pious of France. Sister of Henry I. Married to Count Baldwin IV of Flanders. Mother of Baldwin VI. Mother-in-law of William the Conqueror. Widowed in 1036. Benedictine nun, receiving the veil from Pope Alexander II. She retired to a quiet, prayerful life at Messines convent near Ypres, Belgium.

Died

• 1071 in Ypres, Flanders, Belgium

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Dictionary of Saintly Women
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Adela of Messines”. Saints.SQPN.com. 1 May 2012. Web. 22 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-adela-of-messines/>