Saint Adalard | |
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Born | 751 Huise |
Died | 2 January 827 |
Venerated in | Catholicism; Eastern Orthodoxy |
Canonized | 1024 by Pope John XIX |
Patronage | Patron of many churches and towns in France and along the lower Rhine |
Adalard of Corbie (Latin: Adalhardus Corbeiensis; c. 751, Huise – 2 January 827)[1] was the son of Bernard who was the son of Charles Martel and half-brother of Pepin; Charlemagne was his cousin. He is recognised as a saint within the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church.