Alina Martain

Alina Martain (late eleventh century-1125), was a French nun and saint.

She became a Benedictine nun at an early age. In 1105 Count William of Mortain built a convent of which Alina became the first superior. After a life of asceticism and voluntary mortification. Her feast day is October 20.[1]

She does not appear in the index of the 2004 edition of the Roman Martyrology.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Saint Alina at Ebobas Accessed 2012-05-11.
  2. ↑ Martyrologium Romanum, 2004, Vatican Press (Typis Vaticanis), p. 697-844.


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