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Odile, of Alsace, approximately 660-approximately 720

 Person

Biographical note

According to tradition, Odile was born blind and cast out for this reason by her family. She was adopted by a convent, where she miraculously recovered her sight. Eventually she became abbess foundress of Hohenburg (now Odilienberg) and of Niedermunster, both under the Benedictine Rule.

(paraphrased from The Book of Saints : A Dictionary of Persons Canonized or Beatified by the Catholic Church. 5th edition. New York: Crowell, 1966.)

Alternate names

Odilla, Odilia, Ottilia, Othilia, Adilia