St. Adeloga of Kitzingen, also known as Hadeloga and Adela, is a German saint.[1] Her father was Charles Martel, a Frankish statesman and military leader.[2][3] She was a princess[4] and "of singular beauty".[2] She was sought after for marriage, but she refused, wanting to devote herself to God instead. Her father treated her with "studied brutality and public insult";[2] she went to his chaplain, who was also her spiritual director, for support and advice, so Martel expelled them both from his palace. They journeyed to Kitzingen, in modern Bavaria, a "wild and desert place",[2] where they built a convent. She was made the convent's first abbess; the convent attracted virgins and was directed to follow the rules of St. Benedict and St. Scholastica. Martel later reconciled with and visited Adeloga, and donated lands for her convent.[2]
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^Harmeling, Deborah (1996). "Tetta, 'Noble in Conduct' and Thecla, 'Shining Like a Light in a Dark Place'". In Schmitt, Miriam; Kulzer, Linda (eds.). Medieval Women Monastics: Wisdom's Wellsprings. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press. p. 104. ISBN0814622925.
