Adelelmus (died c. 1100), also known as Aleaunie and Lesmes, was a
French
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-born
Benedictine monk venerated as a
saint
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in the
Roman Catholic Church.
Life
Born in
Loudun,
Poitou, Adelelmus joined the military at a young age. During a
pilgrimage to
Rome he met
Robert de Turlande, founder of the abbey of
La Chaise-Dieu, and left the military life for the Benedictine order.
[Odden, Per Einar. "Den hellige Adelelmus av Burgos ( -1097)" Den katolske kirke]
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Queen Constance of Burgundy of Castile was impressed with the reports of Adelelmus' holiness, and invited him to live in Burgos, Spain. She and King Alfonso VI
Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic kingdom in the Iberian peninsula. ...
founded a monastery in the city in 1079 on the condition he would be its abbot. He added a hospital
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and a church to the building soon after. He later used his military training to help Alfonso against the Moors.[
After death, Adelelmus became the patron saint of the city of Burgos in Spain. His remains lie in the Iglesia de San Lesmes Abad]feast day
The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint. The word "feast" in this context d ...
is kept on 30 January; it is no longer observed in the General Roman Calendar.
References
External links
Patron Saints Index
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11th-century births
1100s deaths
Year of birth unknown
Year of death uncertain
People from Loudun
French Benedictines
Benedictine abbots
Benedictine saints
French Roman Catholic saints
French Christian monks
Spanish Roman Catholic saints
10th-century Christian saints
11th-century Christian saints