Feast day: December 16
St. Adelaide
A queen and Holy Roman Empress who survived imprisonment by a usurper, escaped through a tunnel, and as empress and regent used her power for the Church, the poor, and the making of peace.
Imprisoned and abused by a man who wanted her crown, she escaped through a tunnel, married the emperor Otto the Great, and became one of medieval Europe's most powerful women.
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