ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 13th of December WELCOME! 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 elev...