St. Adelina

Feastday: October 20
Death: 1125

An abbess, the sister of St. Vitalis, and a noblewoman of Normandy. She was a granddaughter of William the Conqueror and a dame of that Norman family. Adelina became the abbess of the Benedictine Convent of La Blanche in Normandy, a religious community founded by her brother.

Adelina may refer to:

Geography

  • Adelina, Opole Lubelskie County, Poland
  • Adelina, Maryland, U.S.
  • Adelina, Hrubieszów County, Poland

Other

  • Adelina (name), including a list of people with the name
  • Adelina (Apicomplexa), a genus of parasitic, eukaryotic microorganisms
  • Adelina (beetle), a genus of darkling beetles
  • Adelina (opera), an 1810 opera farsa by Pietro Generali, libretto by Gaetano Rossi
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Adelina Adelina Death: 1125
Death: 1125