Saint Adamo Abate (c. 990 – 1060–1070) was an Italian medieval

Benedictine The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (, abbreviated as O.S.B. or OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict. Initiated in 529, th ...

abbot, who around the middle of the 11th century, became abbot of the monastery of Santa Maria delle Isole Tremiti,

Life

He was born in Petazio (today

Petacciato Petacciato is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Campobasso (Molise), in southern Italy. See also * Molise Croats Molise Croats () or Molise Slavs () are a Croat community in the Molise province of Campobasso of Italy, which constitutes ...

) and was baptized in

Guglionesi Guglionesi (; local dialect: or ) is a town and ''comune'' in Molise, southern Italy, about from Campobasso. History Founded in the 5th century BC, at the time it was known as ''Uscosium'' or ''Usconium'' and together with Pescara, Ortona, ...

. He became abbot of the Abbey of Santa Maria a Mare on San Nicola in the

Tremiti Islands The Tremiti Islands (, ), also literarily known as Isole Diomedee (" Diomedean Islands", from Greek ), are an archipelago in the Adriatic Sea, some offshore to the north of the Gargano Peninsula. They constitute a of Italy's Province of Foggi ...

, transforming it into a center of culture and civil and religious renewal. At the Council of Melfi in 1059, Abbot Adamo authoritatively defended the autonomy of the Tremiti monastery from the Abbey of Montecassino. He was a promoter of the unification of the Southern populations in

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under

Roger II of Sicily Roger II or Roger the Great (, , Greek language, Greek: Ρογέριος; 22 December 1095 – 26 February 1154) was King of Kingdom of Sicily, Sicily and Kingdom of Africa, Africa, son of Roger I of Sicily and successor to his brother Simon, C ...

. He died on May 3 between the years 1060 and 1070.

Veneration

In June 1102, approximately thirty years after his death, the abbot's relics were stolen from the church of San Paolo in Petacciato and taken to Guglionesi where the Benedictine was proclaimed patron saint. His relics were housed in the Church of Saint Maria Maggiore in Guglionesi, but were lost when the building was burnt down by the Turks in the 16th. The residents of Guglionesi celebrate an annual three-day festival in his honor from June 2 through June 4.Zulli, Alberta. "Guglionesi attende Sant'Adamo: fede e devozione", TermoliOnline.it, May 28, 2023
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