ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 20th of December WELCOME! SAINT ATHALIA, ABBESS St Athalia (Attala, Atala, Athala, Aurelia), first abbess of the monastery of St Stephan of Strasbourg, was the daughter of the Alsatian Duke Adalbert, brother of Abbess Odilia (December 13), and his first wife Gerlinde. SHE WAS EDUCATED IN THE HOHENBURG MONASTERY Along with her two sisters Eugenia and Gundelind she was educated by her aunt, St Odilia, in the Hohenburg monastery in Alsace. When her father built St Stephen's Abbey in Strasbourg for 30 nuns in 717, he handed over the management of this foundation to his daughter Attala. A MODEL FOR THE SISTERS IN ST STEPHEN For twenty years St Attala was a model for the sisters in St Stephen and did a lot of good for the poor. She died on December 3, 741 at the age of 54. Her mortal shell was displayed for veneration of the faithful for 5 weeks before being buried. At the...