ST ODILIA OF ALSACE, VIRGIN AND ABBESS

ST ODILIA OF ALSACE, VIRGIN AND ABBESS - 13 DECEMBER

SAINT ODILIA OF ALSACE, VIRGIN AND ABBESS

Saint Odilia is patroness of Alsace. She was born at the end of the seventh century and died about 720.

According to a trustworthy statement, apparently taken from an earlier Life, she was the daughter of the Frankish lord Adalrich (Aticus, Etik) and his wife Bereswinda, who had large estates in Alsace.

SHE FOUNDED THE CONVENT OF HOHENBURG

She founded the convent of Hohenburg (Odilienberg) in Alsace, to which Charlemagne granted immunity, confirmed March 9, 837 by Louis the Pious who endowed the foundation.

SHE RECEIVED HER SIGHT AT BAPTISM

A tenth-century "Vita" has been preserved, written at the close of the century. According to this narrative she was born blind, miraculously receiving her sight at baptism.

AN EIGHTH-CENTURY BIOGRAPHY

A shorter text, probably independent of this, is contained in a manuscript of the early eleventh century. Internal evidences point to an original eighth-century biography.

A further "Vita", that J. Vignier claimed to have discovered, has been proved to be a forgery by this historian.

Her feast is celebrated on December 13; her grave is in a chapel near the convent church on the Odilienberg. She is represented with a book on which lie two eyes.

Source: Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913

PRAYER:

O God, who gladden us each year by the feast of Saint Odilia, graciously grant that, as we rejoice in her merits, we may be inspired by her example. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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