Adelin of Séez (also, Hadelin, Adelheim, Adelhelm, or Adalhelmus) (died c. 910) was a Benedictine monk and

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at the abbey of Anisole.The monastery of Anisole,

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, 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-

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. He was the

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for twenty-six years starting around 884. He is noted for authoring a work on the life and miracles of Opportuna of Montreuil (''Vita et miracula Sanctae Opportunae'').

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9th-century births 910 deaths Year of birth unknown Year of death uncertain French Roman Catholic saints Bishops of Séez 9th-century French bishops 10th-century French bishops French Benedictines 10th-century Christian saints Saints of West Francia French abbots Benedictine abbots 9th-century people from West Francia 9th-century Latin writers {{France-saint-stub

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