Odile of Alsatian (also Ottilia ; German Ottilia; Odilia ; c. 662 - c. 720) is a Catholic saint , patroness of Alsace , daughter of the Alsatian duke, abbess of the Hohenburg monastery [5] . It was canonized in the XI century, the day of memory is celebrated on December 13 .
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Odile of Hohenburg ( FR. Odile de Hohenbourg ) is also named.
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 veneration
- 3 Artistic Images
- 4 See also
- 5 notes
- 6 References
Biography
The life of Odile is composed according to tradition. Born about 662. The daughter of the ruler of the Adalrich (or Etiho), who lived during the time of King Childeric II and received the duchy as a royal relative [6] . Odile was born blind , but she received sight at baptism [7] .
Was the abbess of the ( Hohenburg Abbey ; other names - a monastery on Mount Saint Odile ; Abbey of Mont Saint-Odile ; Abbey on Mount Saint-Odile ); with tears she delivered her father from purgatory and performed other miracles. Dying twice; the day of her final death is considered December 13 [7] .
Honor
Emperor Charles the Great opened her tomb in the Hohenburg monastery to take a particle of her hand [7] .
Artistic images
The ancient (13th century) images of her from stone, in monastic clothes, but with long hair, have been preserved [7] .
Stone bas-relief (XII century; Mount Saint-Odile )
1500 illustration
Page from the Life (ed. Strasbourg, 1521; Humanist Library in Celeste
Fresco of the in Laputrois (1938, artist Maurice Denis )
Stained Glass Church Pankratia in Waldolvisheim
See also
- Gerrad Landsberg - from the same monastery.
Notes
- ↑ Roman Catholic Church - 0001.
- ↑ Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Besançon - Besançon : Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Besançon et de Franche-Comté , 1889. - P. 188.
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 11859074X // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ Catholic Encyclopedia - 1995.
- ↑ Ottilia // Small Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 4 volumes - St. Petersburg. 1907-1909.
- ↑ Alsace, Duchy // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Ottilia // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.