On Sun, 29 Mar 1998, Nina Rulon-Miller wrote:
> Can anyone tell me where I can find his story? I am especially
> interested in his shoe-cleaning activity for a paper I am working on
> that deals in part with the making, use, and cleaning of leather in the
> early Middle Ages.
>
Sorry, I don't know the sources for Adalbert but you might be interested
to know that this was a practice undertaken by the queen/nun Radegund in
the sixth century whose life (in translation) can be found in _Sainted
Women of the Dark Ages_, McNamara and Halborg (Duke UP).
Jo Ann
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