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 Sainte-Odile is the most important place of pilgrimage in Alsace; the source there is considered helpful for eye diseases.

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Anderl

September 14, 2022

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Beautiful paneled chapel with the tomb of the revered Sainte Odile, beautiful paintings on the wall - of course religious and the door to the other chapel next door seems to be from the Middle Ages. shod with iron - also very nice. But I have a weakness for beautiful doors :-)

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November 1, 2022

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Her biography is mainly based on a 10th-century legend. According to this story, Odilia was born on the Hohenburg (municipality of Obernai; Oberehnheim in German). She was …

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