Alina Martain
Alina Martain (late 11th century–1125) was a French nun and saint.
She became a Benedictine nun at an early age. In 1105 Count William of Mortain built a convent of which Alina became the first superior. After a life of asceticism and voluntary mortification. Her feast day is October 20.[1]
She does not appear in the index of the 2004 edition of the Roman Martyrology.[2]
References
- Saint Alina at Ebobas Accessed 2012-05-11.
- Martyrologium Romanum, 2004, Vatican Press (Typis Vaticanis), p. 697-844.
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