Saint Adelelmus of Le Mans

Also known as

• Adelelmus of Etival
• Adelelmus of Flanders
• Adelermus of….
• Adelhelm of….
• Adelinus of….
• Alleaume of….

Memorial

• 27 April

Profile

Friend and spiritual student of a hermit named Albert around Le Mans, France. Spiritual student of Saint Bernard of Tiron on Chaussey in the Channel Islands, but he returned to live as a hermit with Albert. With help from the count of Beaumont, Adelelmus founded a monastery for monks in the forest of Charnier, and a convent in Etival-a-Charnier in 1109. Though he lived near, and helped teach monks and nuns, Adelelmus apparently took any vows or joined any religious order.

Born

• Flanders, Belgium

Died

• 27 April 1152 of natural causes

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Kirken i Norge
• Medieval Religion Listserv, by Terri Morgan
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Adelelmus of Le Mans“. Saints.SQPN.com. 26 April 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>