Aderald (died 1004) was a canon and archdeacon of Troyes, France, from where he led a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. He brought back a piece of the Holy Sepulchre, and founded a monastery named after it—Saint-Sépulcre—in Villacerf. He was canonized as a saint of the Catholic Church; his feast day is on October 20.[1]

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  1. ↑ "Saint Adérald". nominis.cef.fr (in French). 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.


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