About Adelin of Séez
Lived 801 – 910 (aged 108–109). Adelin of Séez was a catholic priest.
Adalhelm (died ) was the bishop of Séez for twenty-six years starting around 884. He was a Benedictine monk and abbot at the abbey of Anisole.
Adalhelm wrote a life and miracles of Saint Opportuna of Montreuil, Vita et miracula Sanctae Opportunae. It includes an autobiographical account of how he was captured by Vikings in the year of his consecration and sold into slavery. It is the only first-hand account of a Viking slave. He escaped or was redeemed and returned to Séez, where he fulfilled a vow had made by writing the life of Opportuna. The Vita survives only in a 14th-century manuscript and an early modern edition.
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Who was Adelin of Séez?
Bishop and saint
When was Adelin of Séez born?
Adelin of Séez was born in 801.
When did Adelin of Séez die?
Adelin of Séez died in 910.
What was Adelin of Séez's occupation?
Adelin of Séez was a catholic priest.
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