Right-Believing
Adalbert II of Ostrevent
A nobleman of Ostrevent in northern France, honored as a saint, who reposed in 790.
- Reposed
- 7908th century
Life
Adalbert II of Ostrevent (Adelbert) was lord of the Ostrevent region in northern France, and reposed in the year 790. He is venerated as a saint in the Western Church. He was the husband of Countess Reine and the father of ten daughters, among them Saint Renfroie.
He was the son of Adalbald of Ostrevent and Regina of France. With his wife he founded the abbey of Denain in 764. Ostrevent is a region lying mostly in the department of Nord, bounded by the Scarpe, the Escaut and the Sensée, with Bouchain as its capital.
The surviving sources give no more details of his life; of his cult they say only that he is held a saint in local tradition.