Saint Adolphus of Osnabruck
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- Also known as
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Adolf of Osnabruck
Almoner of the Poor
- Memorial
- 13 February
- Profile
- Count of Tecklenburg, Westphalia.
Priest.
Canon of Cologne, a position he resigned to become a monk at the Cistercian monastery at Camp on the Rhein.
Bishop of Osnabruck in 1216.
Noted for his personal piety and his extensive charity work.
- Born
- 1185 at Westphalia, Germany
- Died
- 30 June 1224 of natural causes
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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