A Dictionary of Saintly Women/Adilia
St. Adilia or Odilia (2), June 30, Oct. 1, V. Abbess. O.S.B. 7th century. Daughter of the count of Hainault. Sister of St. Bavo. Aunt of Adeltrude (2). Abbess of St. Martin du Mont, a large Benedictine house at Orp, in Namur. Her convent was on a hill, and many pilgrims passed by the bottom of it without coming up. As hospitality was part of the rule of her Order, she built a church and hospice for beggars and travellers at the foot of the hill, and removed her community thither, that she might relieve their wants and be edified by the conversation of holy persons who wore on pilgrimage. Migne's Dictionary says, honoured at Orp-le-Grand, near Judoque, in Brabant. Papebroch. AA.SS. Boll. Bucelinus, Men. Ben. Martin, Surius, and French Mart. Molanus, Indiculo. SS. Belgii, places Adilia in the time of Childeric. Childeric II. reigned during part of 670, and was the son of St. Bathildis.