Saint Ada

{{Short description|7th-century saint from Le Mans, France}}

{{Infobox saint

|name=St. Ada

|death_date=late 6th February 7th Century

|feast_day=4 December

|venerated_in=Roman Catholic Church,
Eastern Orthodox Church

|death_place=France

|canonized_date=Pre-congregation

|patronage=Nuns

}}Saint Ada (also known as Adeneta, Adna, Adnetta, Adonette, Adrechild, Adrehildis, end of 6th or 7th century), was a saint and abbess.{{Cite book |last=Dunbar |first=Agnes B.C. |title=A Dictionary of Saintly Women |date=1901 |publisher=George Bell & Sons |volume=1 |location=London |page=2}}{{Cite web |title=December 4 |url=http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stddec.htm |access-date=7 October 2024 |website=Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome}} She was the niece or granddaughter of Saint Englebert, bishop of Le Mans.

Ada was a nun at Soissons, France. Englebert promoted her as abbess there; he later transferred her to the monastery of Pré (St. Julian de Prato) at Le Mans and then installed her as abbess there.{{Cite book |last=Delaney |first=John J. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/ocm58724402 |title=Dictionary of Saints |date=2005 |publisher=Image/Doubleday |isbn=978-0-385-51520-7 |edition=2nd |location=New York |pages=6 |oclc=ocm58724402}} Her feast day is December 4.