Oda from Amay

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Chrodoara sarcophagus

Oda von Amay (also Chrodoara, * in the 6th century ; † before 634 in Amay ) is a Frankish noblewoman and Catholic saint . She was venerated in the collegiate church of Saint-Georges in Amay.

Life

In the world chronicle of Sigebert von Gembloux from the beginning of the 12th century, the wife of Duke Boggis of Aquitaine, St. Oda by Amay, commemorated 711. The year 711 at Sigebert is, however, set far too late, as a comparison with other news about Boggis and Oda shows.

A more detailed source, the Vita Landiberti episcopi Traiectensis (Vita of Bishop Lambert of Maastricht ) by Canon Nicholas from the 12th century, describes Duke Boggis of Aquitaine and his widow Oda of Amay more closely, Oda than amita , d. H. as Lambert's aunt on his father's side, who donated several churches from her property.

The Vita sanctae Odae vidua (the life of the holy widow Oda) , written around 1245, also tells us that she was the wife of Duke Boggis of Aquitaine. After the early death of her husband, she took the veil and, as a widow, donated several churches from her property on her property, including the collegiate church of Saint-Georges in Amay, where she was buried after her death and is particularly venerated.

Further testimonies to St. Oda call them without a name or under the name Chrodoara:

The will of Adalgisel Grimo from 634 lists a number of endowments to churches, including St. Maximin in Trier and Saint-Georges in Amay. Adalgisel Grimo writes that his aunt, whose name is not mentioned, is buried in the Church of Saint-Georges in Amay. In general, the identity of the unnamed aunt with St. Oda / Chrodoara assumed and then put Oda's year of death before the year 634.

The empty sarcophagus of Chrodoara , one of the most important works of art of the Merovingian era, was found in 1977 during archaeological excavations in the choir of the Saint-Georges church in Amay at a depth of three meters. The donor's grave was expected at this point and the depiction of the Chrodoara on the lid of the sarcophagus with an abbot's staff as well as the two related inscriptions on the lid of the sarcophagus suggest an identity of the Chrodoara with Oda. The saint would then have been venerated under a nickname for centuries and her actual proper name would have been forgotten. For her husband, Duke Boggis, the correct Merovingian proper name is used as Bodogisel.

The female name Chrodo (h) ara is the feminine form of the traditional male name Chrodo (h) ar. The oldest vita of St. Maximin von Trier names a noble woman named Chrodohara who humbly prays at the saint's grave until his intercession heals her sick foot.

souvenir

Half-sculpture of St. Oda at the reliquary in London (around 1170)
Half-sculpture of St. Oda on the reliquary in Amay (around 1250)

Oda's memory was honored by the canonies of the canoness found at the Saint-Georges collegiate church in Amay in the 13th century. The gable end of a precious reliquary in the form of a house from 1170 has the image of St. Oda. It stands half-sculpted between the two allegorical figures of piety and generosity, labeled "SCA ODA" (St. Oda), "RELIGIO" (piety) and "ELEMOSINA" (generosity). The image plate is one of the treasures of the British Museum in London.

The bones of St. Oda were raised and reburied in a precious reliquary around 1250, which is one of the important art treasures of the collegiate church of Saint-Georges in Amay and also includes a semi-sculptural image of St. Oda in silver shows.

Her feast day is October 23 .

literature

Web links

Commons : Oda of Amay  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ “Sancta Oda, uxor Boggis ducis Aquitanorum, sanctitate claret in Gallia, quae aecclesias Dei sua ditavit munificentia, et moriens in Leodicensi quievit parochia”
  2. ↑ "Oda ... Bohggis Aquitanorum ducis recens defuncti vidua"
  3. ^ Jacques Willems: Le Sarcophage de Sancta Chrodoara en l'eglise collegiale Saint-Georges d´Amay . Amay 1978 (Cercle Archéologique Hesbaye-Condroz, 15).
  4. ↑ Jacques Stiennon, Le sarcopharge de St Chrodoara in Saint-Georges d'Amay. Essai d'interprétation d'une découverte exceptionnelle . In: Comptes-rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 123e année, N. 1, 1979, 10-31. [1]
  5. ↑ Image plate of St. Oda in the British Museum
personal data
SURNAME Oda from Amay
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chrodoara from Amay
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Frankish nobles and Catholic saints
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century
DATE OF DEATH before 634
Place of death Amay