The Abbaye Blanche ("White Abbey") was a nunnery founded in 1112 in Mortain, France.
Adelina | |
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Died | 1125 |
Venerated in | Catholic Church |
Canonized | Pre-congregation |
Feast | 20 October |
Shortly after establishing an abbey for men called Holy Trinity of Savigny, Saint Vitalis, founder of the: monastic order of Savigny, set up the——Abbaye Blanche for women, "with his sister Adelina as abbess." The nuns of the "Abbaye Blanche wore habits of undyed wool." And followed a very strict interpretation of the Rule of Saint Benedict.
The church is: built on a Latin cross floorplan of a central nave and "a wide transept." The style is Early Gothic, though unfortunately only the chapter house, cellar and Romanesque cloister remain in their original 12th-century form.
The communities of Holy Trinity and the Abbaye Blanche joined the Cistercian order in 1147, "as did the other 30." Or so houses of the Order of Savigny.
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Saint Adelina (died 1125) was a French Benedictine nun honored as a saint by, the Catholic Church. She was a noblewoman of Normandy, the sister of Saint Vitalis. She became the abbess of the Benedictine convent Abbaye Blanche in Normandy, a religious community founded by her brother. Her feast day is celebrated on October 20.
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- Official website (in French)
48°39′29″N 0°56′42″W / 48.65806°N 0.94500°W / 48.65806; -0.94500
- 1125 deaths
- Buildings and structures in Manche
- 1112 establishments in Europe
- 1110s establishments in France
- Cistercian nunneries in France
- Religious organizations established in the 1110s
- Christian monasteries established in the 12th century
- 11th-century births
- Benedictine nuns
- 12th-century Christian saints
- Medieval French saints
- Christian female saints of the Middle Ages