A Dictionary of Saintly Women/Adelaide (6)

by Agnes B. C. Dunbar

Ven. Adelaide (6) Dec. 15. 11th and perhaps the beginning of the 12th century. Countess of Mispilingen. With her husband, Aewic, or Alwic, count of Sultz, she built the convent of Alberspac, O.S.B., in Wittemberg, dedicated in honour of the Holy Cross, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and All Saints. In 1096, at her husband's death, she became a nun. She is venerated in the monastery of Zwifalt, on the Danube, three miles above Ulm, This abbey, in 1482, was joined to the congregation of Bursfeld. Gal. Christ., v., 1064, "La série de douze abbés." Migne, Dic. Bucelinus, Men. Ben.