saint adelaide

"The life of St. Adelaide is so extraordinary that it could be the subject

for a medieval illumination. She was not the kind of saint who lives in a

convent in the recollected life of a cloister. Rather, she is the heroine

who has great adventures and passes through the most difficult dangers. She

was not the kind of person whose ideal is to live in retirement. To the

contrary, she saw in the risk, in the uncertainty, in the fight for the

cause of her legitimate rights, the reason for her life. For her this was

the salt of life that gave it flavor. We can imagine Queen Adelaide, a saint with the innocence of the dove and the astuteness of the serpent."