ADOLF II, archbishop of MAINZ. — Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden, great-nephew of the preceding, d. 6 Sept. 1475 at Eltville. Appointed archbishop of Mainz by Pope Pius II on 2 Aug. 1461, following the deposition of the excommunicated Diether of Isenburg, he secured the see after the bitter war of 1461–63. ADOLF labored to repair the damage wrought by the war and to renew discipline in the monasteries and among the secular clergy. He promoted religious instruction among the people by having catechetical tablets placed in churches and obliging priests to repeat every Sunday from the pulpit the Ten Commandments, the principal vices, etc. He fostered art and learning, and received Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of the art of printing, at his court.
ADOMMIN (Heb. Ma‘aleh-Adummim) “ascent of the red,” i.e., “red ascent.” — A locality marking the northern boundary of the tribe of Judah with that of Benjamin (Josh. 15:7; 18:18).
It is identified with Tal‘at ed-Damm (“ascent of blood”), on the right bank of Wadi el-Qelt, nearly midway between Jerusalem and Jericho. The name derives from the reddish hue of the marl that spreads especially over the area.