Adelin of Séez

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Adelin of Séez
Monk and Bishop
Born unknown
Died c. 910
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Feast 10 November
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Saint Adelin of Séez (also, Hadelin, Adelheim, Adelhelm, or Adalhelmus) (died c. 910) was a Benedictine monk and later abbot at the abbey of Anisole.[1] He was the bishop of Séez for twenty-six years from 884.[2] He is noted in Catholic Encyclopedia for being the author of a work on the life and miracles of Saint Opportuna (Vita et miracula Sanctae Opportunae).[3]

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  1. ^ The monastery of Anisole, Maine, was founded by the hermit Calevisus (Saint Calais, 460-541), to whom the monastery was later rededicated, and from whom the town of Saint-Calais took its name. William de St-Calais (d.1096) was prince-bishop of Durham.
  2. ^ Jones, Terry. Hadelin. Patron Saints Index. Retrieved on 2007-04-25.
  3. ^ Goyau, Georges (1912). "Seez". The Catholic Encyclopedia 8. Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved on 2007-04-25. 
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