ADALARDO, saint. - Cousin of Carlomagno, b. in Artois, probably at Huise near Audenarde in 733. After living at court, whose vices disgusted him, he withdrew to the monastic life (773) near Amiens. After two years he went to Montecassino, but the entreaties of Carlo recalled him to his homeland. Appointed abbot of Corbie, he governed the monastery uprightly and promoted learning. He carried out diplomatic missions in Italy and Rome for Carlomagno, and took part in the ecclesiastical and political affairs of the empire. He was responsible for the foundation of the abbeys of Korvey and Herford. When Ludovico il Pio ascended the throne, he fell into disfavour and was relegated to the monastery of S. Filiberto (Noirmoutier) on the island of Herio at the mouths of the Loire. Freed in 821, after accomplishing a mission in Saxony, he retired to Corbie (823), where he ended his life in holiness on 2 Jan. 826.
Adalard, Saint
BIBL.: His life was written by Pascasio Radberto: PL 120, 1907-56; W. Smith and H. Wace, s. V. in Dictionary of Christian Biography, I, Londra 1877, pp. 33-34; A. Hauck, Kirchengeschichte Deutschlands, II, 4ª ed., Lipsia 1906, pp. 177-80; 503-508. Mario Scaduto
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“ADALARDO, SANTO.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), p. 181. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/adalardo-santo.