September 11
Adelfo (+670)
Abbot
Practical advice
Today, in the presence of God, listen patiently to a person before advising him or her without leaving for tomorrow the good that you can do today.
Biography
Having received his religious training at the monastery of Luxeuil, France, he lived for many years at the abbey of Remiremont in the Vosges, where he was Abbot, and governed with great prudence and kindness. In his last days, he retired to die in his first monastery of Luxeuil.
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