A Dictionary of Saintly Women/Adeltrude (1)
St. Adeltrude (1), Feb. 24, 25 (Aldetrude, Madeltrude), V. 7th century. Abbess. Daughter of B. Vincent and St. Waltrude, and granddaughter of SS. Walbert and Bertilla (1). Represented with rats and mice; but this is supposed, by Cahier, to be a mistake for St. Gertrude. While Adeltrude was a young girl, her aunt, St. Aldegundis, like a careful housewife, ordered all the scraps of wax to be gathered together and melted into one mass in a pot. It was allowed to get too hot, ran over the edge into the fire, and blazed up. Adeltrude rushed to the fire, and took off the pot, which she placed safely on the ground without burning her hands or arms in the least—a miracle which was attributed to her great devotion to the Virgin Mary. In 660 she succeeded St. Aldegundis as abbess of the convent of Maubeuge. Boll., AA.SS., Feb. 25. Martin, Feb. 25.