Saint Adela of Pfalzel

Also known as

• Addula
• Athela
• Adolena

Memorial

• 24 December

Profile

Daughter of Saint Dagobert II, King of the Franks, and the Anglo-Saxon princess Matilda. Sister of Saint Irmina of Oehren. Grand-daughter of Saint Sigebert III, king of Austrasia. Princess. Married to a man named Alberic. Mother of one son. Widowed in 700. Her wealth, position, and beauty brought her many suitors, but she turned them all down and became a nun. Founded the convent of Palatiolum of Pfalzel near Trier, Germany, and served as its first abbess. Spiritual student of Saint Boniface.

Died

• 24 December 735 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Adela of Pfalzel”. Saints.SQPN.com. 25 September 2012. Web. 19 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-adela-of-pfalzel/>