Odile of Alsace


Odile
Saint Odile in Avolsheim, Alsace
Abbess of Hohenburg
Born660
Alsace, Austrasia
Died720
Alsace, Kingdom of the Franks
Venerated inCatholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
CanonizedPre-Congregation
Feast13 December
AttributesAbbess praying before an altar; woman with a book on which lie two eyes[1]
Patronagethe blind or partially sighted; Alsace, France

Odile of Alsace, also known as Odilia and Ottilia, born c. 662 - c. 720 at Mont Sainte-Odile), is a saint venerated in the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. She is a patroness saint of good eyesight and of the region of Alsace.

Saint Odile is commemorated on December 13 and would be celebrated on December 14 in Alsace. Most calendars mark the feast day as December 14.

  1. ^ Stracke, Richard (2015-10-20). "Saint Odile of Alsace: The Iconography". Christian Iconography.