Saint Adelaide of Guelders

Also known as

• Adelaide of Vilich
• Adelaide of Bellich
• Alice of….
• Adelheid of….

Memorial

• 5 February

Profile

Daughter of Megingoz (Megengose), Count of Guelders. Joined the Ursuline convent at Cologne, Germany. Benedictine nun. Abbess of Villich, Germany. Abbess of Our Lady of the Capitol at Cologne. Both houses had been founded by her father. She insisted that the sisters in her houses study Latin so they would better understand the Mass. Noted for her charity to the poor. Counselor to the archbishop of Cologne.

Born

• c.970

Died

• 5 February 1015 at Our Lady of the Capitol convent at Cologne, Germany of natural causes
• buried in Villich, Germany

Patronage

• against eye diseases

Storefront

• medals and pendants

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
• Kirken i Norge
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Adelaide of Guelders“. Saints.SQPN.com. 10 April 2013. Web. 21 May 2013. <>