Adelaide of Schaerbeck (d. 1250)

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Adelaide of Schaerbeck (d. 1250)

Flemish saint. Name variations: Alix of Schärbeck. Birth date unknown; died on June 11, 1250.

Adelaide of Schaerbeck was a nun at the Cistercian abbey of Cambre, in Brussels, who became a leper and went blind.

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