Saint Hadelin (or Adelin, Hadelinus) (d. about 690),
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, was one of the scholarly monks who preached Christianity and started conversion work in what is now

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, along with

Saint Remaclus Saint Remaclus (Remaculus, Remacle, Rimagilus; died 673) was a Benedictine missionary bishop. Life Remaclus grew up at the Aquitanian ducal court and studied under Sulpitius the Pious, bishop of Bourges. In 625 he became a monk at Luxeuil Abb ...

Life

Of noble parentage, Hadelin lived at the court of

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of Austrasia."Celles", Bienvenue à Houyet
/ref> He then became a student of Remaclus first at Solignac Abbey, and then at Cougnon abbey, in the duchy of Luxemburg. Later he moved to Stavelot Abbey, founded by Remaclus in 650. Around 651, Remaclus became

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and brought Hadelin with him. In 669, with the help of Remaclus and

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, he founded the monastery of Celles. He later founded a monastery at

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. Hadelin eventually retired to live as a hermit near Chelles, where he died around 690.

Veneration

Hadelin is especially venerated in the Walloon diocese of Namur, as founder of the monastery of Celles. He is the patron of Celles, where he is celebrated on the Sunday following the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin (September 8). A silver-made shrine in the Mosan style, can be found in

, Belgium.Baring-Gould, Sabine. "Hadelin", ''The Lives of the Saints'', Volume II, London, John C. Nimmo, 1897 Hadalinus is invoked against children's ailments; in iconography his attribute is a dove. His liturgical feast is on February 3. Image:Lamine - Eglise Saint-Hadelin.JPG, Eglise Saint-Hadelin, Remicourt Image:Maissin JPG000.jpg, Eglise Saint-Hadelin, Maissin Image:Saint-Hadelin, Le Fief, Sint-Hadelinuskerk 2.jpg, Sint-Hadelinuskerk, Saint-Hadelin

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