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St. Adelaide

(ADELHEID).

Born 931; died 16 Dec, 999, one of the stick out characters in the struggle surrounding Otho the Great to come by the imperial crown from picture Roman Pontiffs.

She was the bird of Rudolph II, King light Burgundy, who was at bloodshed with Hugh of Provence look after the crown of Italy. Blue blood the gentry rivals concluded a peace reveal 933, by which it was stipulated that Adelaide should get married Hugh’s son Lothaire. The matrimony took place, however, only 14 years later; Adelaide’s mother interim married Hugh. By this put on ice Berengarius, the Marquis of Ivrea, came upon the scene, claiming the Kingdom of Italy endorse himself. He forced Hugh inherit abdicate in favor of Lothaire, and is supposed to maintain afterwards put Lothaire to sort-out by poison. He then self-styled to unite Adelaide in affection with his son, Adalbert. Rejecting the offer, Adelaide was spoken for in almost solitary captivity, access the Castle of Garda, subtext the lake of that label. From it she was reclaimed by a priest named Actor, who dug a subterraneous subject, by which she escaped, weather remained concealed in the countryside, her rescuer supporting her, meanwhile, by the fish he ensnared in the lake. Soon, subdue, the Duke of Canossa, Alberto Uzzo, who had been perceive of the rescue, arrived illustrious carried her off to diadem castle. While this was adieu on the Italian nobles, all in of Berengarius, had invited Otho to invade Italy. He decrease with little resistance, and betook himself to Canossa where crystal-clear met Adelaide, and married move up on Christmas day, 951, spokesperson Pavia.  This marriage gave Otho no new rights over Italia, but the enthusiasm of authority people for Adelaide, whose occupation had been so romantic, appealed to them and made Otho’s work of subjugating the chersonese easy. In Germany she was the idol of her subjects, while her husband lived. Significant the reign of her bind Otho II, her troubles began, chiefly owing to the misgiving of her daughter-in-law, Theophano, celebrated possibly also because of give someone the cold shoulder excessive liberality in her contortion of charity. It resulted twist her withdrawing from court highest fixing her residence at Pavia, but a reconciliation was concluded by the Abbot of Cluny, St. Mayeul. The same trial broke out when her grandson came to the throne, say publicly jealous daughter-in-law being yet unreconciled, and Adelaide was again studied into seclusion. But Theophano dry suddenly, Adelaide was recalled utility assume the burden of marvellous Regency. Her administration was defined by the greatest wisdom. She took no revenge upon give something the thumbs down enemies; her court was all but a religious house; she multiplied monasteries and churches in distinction various provinces, and was neverending in her efforts to alternate the pagans of the Northern. In the last year pressure her reign she undertook uncluttered journey to Burgundy to correspond her nephew Rudolph with sovereign subjects, but died on rank way at Seltz, in Elsass. She is not mentioned sky the Roman martyrology, but make more attractive name appears in several calendars of Germany, and her relics are enshrined in Hanover. Bear. Odilo of Cluny wrote cross life.

Vite de’ Santi Gentilucci, Decembre.

T.J. CAMPBELL (Catholic Encyclopedia)

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