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Saint Hadelin (or Adelin, Hadelinus) (d. about 690),
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Guyenne
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The name "Guyenne" comes from ''Aguyenne'', a popular transformation o ...
, was one of the scholarly monks who preached Christianity and started conversion work in what is now
Belgium
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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
Sigebert Sigebert (which means roughly "magnificent victory"), also spelled Sigibert, Sigobert, Sigeberht, or Siegeberht, is the name of:
Frankish and Anglo-Saxon kings
* Sigobert the Lame (died c. 509), a king of the Franks
* Sigebert I, King of Austras ...
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 bishop of Maastricht
The Diocese of Maastricht (Latin Traiectum ad Mosam) was a Roman Catholic jurisdiction in parts of present Netherlands (including the see Maastricht) and Belgium, which has been nominally revived as a Latin titular bishopric.
History
Establishe ...
and brought Hadelin with him. In 669, with the help of Remaclus and Pepin of Herstal
Pepin II (c. 635 – 16 December 714), commonly known as Pepin of Herstal, was a Frankish statesman and military leader who de facto ruled Francia as the Mayor of the Palace from 680 until his death. He took the title Duke and Prince of the Fr ...
, he founded the monastery of Celles.[ He later founded a monastery at ]Visé
Visé (; nl, Wezet, ; wa, Vizé) is a city and municipality of Wallonia, located on the river Meuse in the province of Liège, Belgium.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Argenteau, Cheratte, Lanaye, Lixhe, Richelle ...
. 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 ]Visé
Visé (; nl, Wezet, ; wa, Vizé) is a city and municipality of Wallonia, located on the river Meuse in the province of Liège, Belgium.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Argenteau, Cheratte, Lanaye, Lixhe, Richelle ...
, 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
See also
* Saint Servatius
Saint Servatius ( nl, Sint Servaas; french: Saint Servais; li, Sintervaos; hy, Սուրբ Սերվատիոս ''Surb Servatios'') (born in Armenia, died in Maastricht, traditionally on 13 May 384) was bishop of Tongeren —Latin: ''Atuatuca ...
References
7th-century deaths
Belgian Roman Catholic saints
7th-century Christian saints
Year of birth unknown
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