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Also known as

• Adelaide of Vilich
• Adelaide of Bellich
• Alice of…
• Adelheid of…
• Adalheide of…

Memorial

• 5 February
• 15 June on some calendars

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Daughter of Megingoz (Megengose), Count of Guelders. Joined the Ursuline convent at Cologne, Germany. Benedictine nun. Abbess of Villich, Germany. Abbess of Our Lady of the Capitol at Cologne. Both houses had been founded by her father. She insisted that the sisters in her houses study Latin so they would better understand the Mass. Noted for her charity to the poor. Counselor to the archbishop of Cologne.

Born

• c.960 in Geldern, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Died

• 5 February 1015 at Our Lady of the Capitol convent at Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany of natural causes
• buried in Villich, Germany

Beatified

• 27 January 1966 by Pope Paul VI (cultus confirmation)

Patronage

• against eye diseases

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• hand painted medals

MLA Citation

• “Saint Adelaide of Guelders“. CatholicSaints.Info. 14 November 2020. Web. 16 May 2021. <>