Odilia
Saint Odilia (also Odilie , Odile or Ottilie , * around 660 in Alsace or Burgundy ; † 720 in the Niedermünster monastery near Odilienberg ) was an abbess and is venerated as the patron saint of Alsace and the eyesight . The name Odilia is a subsidiary form of Ottilie and comes from Old High German, "ot" means something like genetic material or property.
Legend
Their legend is mainly based on a biography that originated in the 10th century. According to this story, Odilia was born on the Hohenburg ( Obernai municipality ; German Oberehnheim). She was the daughter of Duke Eticho (also Athich, Attich, Adalrich or Adalricus) and his wife Bersinda (also called Bethsvinda or Bereswinde) and was born blind . For this reason her father wanted to have her killed; the mother saved her by placing the child in a convent. It is probably the monastery of Baume-les-Dames, east of Besançon . When she was baptized by Erhard von Regensburg at the age of twelve , she gained sight. She returned to her parents, but had to flee from her father again and hide in a cave. Depending on the source, this cave is either in Arlesheim (south of Basel) or in the Musbachtal near Freiburg im Breisgau . In both places, veneration can be ascertained until at least the 15th century. She later reconciled with her father, who gave her a property on the Hohenburg in Alsace - the later Mount Odile (French: Mont Ste.-Odile) - where she founded a monastery in 690. She died around 720 in the Niedermünster monastery, which she also founded at the foot of the Odilienberg. Her grave is on the Odilienberg. Mount Odile is the most important place of pilgrimage in Alsace; the source there is considered to be helpful for eye disorders.
Historical biography
Historically attested is the gift of Klosters Hohenburg by Duke Eticho to his daughter Odilia. However, her place of birth is questionable (according to the legend on Mount Odile near Obernai), as her father was not attested as a Duke of Alsace before 673 , but had possessions near Dijon . The stay in the monastery of Baume-les-Dames during her childhood / youth and the baptism by Erhard von Regensburg seem credible.
Adoration
The Protestant, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Remembrance Day of St. Odilia is December 13th .
She is especially venerated in the following places:
- All of Alsace: patron saint and patroness of the eye-sick and blind
- In Freiburg im Breisgau at the end of the Musbach valley there has been one of the hl. Chapel dedicated to Odilia. Today's St. Ottilien church was built in 1503. The church was built over a spring, the radon-containing water of which is said to provide relief from eye problems and which is still accessible to visitors in a grotto .
- Dillingen / Saar , patron saint of the city; Today's town belonged to the monastery on Mount Odile in Alsace in the Middle Ages .
- Arlesheim (Canton of Basel-Landschaft), patron saint of the town
- Dormagen- Gohr with the parish church of St. Odilia , patron saint of the village. An Odile Octave takes place every year. The parish has a relic of the saint.
- The monastery church Sankt Maria Magdalena in Wuppertal- Beyenburg , which stands next to the last of the monasteries of the Order of the Crosses in Rhineland and Westphalia on the Beyenberg, came into possession of relics of the saints in 1964 . These were transferred there in a solemn procession .
- Archabbey of St. Ottilien
- Benedictine Congregation of St. Ottilien
- Pilgrimage church in the Bavarian hamlet of Tading in the Erding district . There a relic of her is venerated
- Pilgrimage church Möschenfeld east of Munich : extensive picture cycle on her life
- Pilgrimage church Kollmitzberg , Lower Austria: patronage and "Ottilienwasser"
- Ottilienkirche in the urban area of Schwäbisch Gmünd has been consecrated to Odilia since at least 1411 and a place of pilgrimage, especially for those plagued by eye disorders, as Bishop Paul Wilhelm von Keppler is said to have been cured of severe eye problems there after a visit.
- Chapel "Zur Heiligen Odilia" in the blind pension "Harmonie" in Unterdambach near St. Christophen, Lower Austria
- St. Ulrich in Amendingen in Upper Swabia , there Ottilienstatue from an abandoned Ottilienkapelle
- Patroness of the Catholic Church in Ginolfs, Oberelsbach , Rhön.
- In the Godsheide district of the Belgian city of Hasselt
- In the district of Sint Odiliënberg in the Dutch municipality of Roerdalen (Basilica of St. Wiro, St. Plechelmus and St. Otgerus)
- Ottilien Chapel in Plochingen , built in 1328 on a former Celtic spring shrine, the water of which is said to have alleviated and healed eye ailments
- Ottilienkapelle in Rechtmehring , below the pilgrimage church of St. Maria in the high-rise.
- Ottilienkapelle in Horb , built in 1431 on a mountain above the old town
- St. Ottilia in Randegg , district of Gottmadingen
- Pilgrimage Church of St. Ottilien , built in 1669 near Buttisholz, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland.
- Pilgrimage Church of St. Ottilia Hellring
- Odile Chapel with the “Heiligenborn” spring in the Großer Lückner between Oppen and Wahlen
Ottilia prayer
- Let us pray!
- O God, you light of the peoples,
- You have finished with St. Ottilia
- Glorified miracles and the
- Born blind in the Holy Sacrament
- given the sight of baptism.
- We now ask you confidently:
- Give us at her intercession
- the health of the body and
- the soul so that we are here
- in this life with the eyes
- of our body in creation
- the traces of your wisdom and love
- can see and one day
- in the other life yourself
- to look uncovered without end.
- Through Christ our Lord.
- Amen!
See also
- List with Ottilienkirchen
- Odilia of Cologne († around 451), Christian martyr
literature
- Eugen Ewig : The Merovingians and the Franconian Empire. Verlag W. Kohlhammer Stuttgart, Berlin, Cologne, 1993.
- Marie Thérèse Fischer: The life of St. Odilia (10th century) and the later traditions . Editions du Signe, Eckbolsheim [France] 2007.
- Georg Gresser : Article "Odilia vom Elsaß", in: Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche , 3rd edition, Volume 7, Freiburg 1998, Sp. 973–974.
- Simon Kolbecher: Looking back, looking, looking ahead. 700 years of the parish of Sankt Odilia Gohr 1308–2008 , Gohr 2008.
- Reinhard Rinnerthaler : " Help for the sight" - The holy intercessors Ottilia and Lucia; Art, worship and customs (Salzburger Volkskultur magazine, 24th year, April 2000).
- Maria Stoeckle: The life of St. Odilia. EOS Verlag Erzabtei St. Ottilien, St. Ottilien 1991. ISBN 978-3880966741
- Wilhelm Wiegand: Odilia, the holy . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 149 f.
- Adriaan Breukelaar: Odilia. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 6, Bautz, Herzberg 1993, ISBN 3-88309-044-1 , Sp. 1108-1109.
- Jakob Streit: Saint Odilie. Through darkness to light. Urachhaus, Stuttgart 1997. ISBN 978-3825171544
Web links
- Literature by and about Odilia in the catalog of the German National Library
- Karl-Heinz Schreiber: The genealogy of the Franks and the Franconian Empire. Odilia ( Memento from May 22, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- The legend of Odile ( Memento from May 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
References and comments
- ^ Franz Nowacki: Pilgrimage Church of St. Ottilien near Freiburg in Breisgau . Freiburg, Herder, 1970
- ↑ Baltzer, Georg: Historical notes on the city of Saarlouis and its immediate surroundings, Part II, Trier 1865, p. 132.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Odilia |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ottilie; Odile; Ottilia |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Saints |
DATE OF BIRTH | around 660 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Alsace or Burgundy |
DATE OF DEATH | 720 |
Place of death | Niedermünster |