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Also known as

• Alice of Guelders
• Adelaide of Bellich
• Adelheid of Vilich

Memorial

• 5 February

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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.

Died

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

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Adelaide of Guelders”. Saints.SQPN.com. 21 August 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-adelaide-of-guelders/>