holidays

Christian feast day: Adelaide of Italy

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Adelaide of Italy from December 16, null

Adelaide of Italy

Holy Roman Empress, Catholic saint (931–999)

Adelaide of Italy, also called Adelaide of Burgundy, was Holy Roman Empress by marriage to Emperor Otto the Great. She was crowned with him by Pope John XII in Rome on 2 February 962. She was the first empress designated consors regni, denoting a "co-bearer of royalty" who…
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December 16

Day of the year

December 16 is the 350th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 15 days remain until the end of the year.
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