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Odilia
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Name Odilia Gender Female _UID 5BC1DA17A8A449B9A720075046ACDEF53EFC Person ID I484 Carney Wehofer July 2025 Last Modified 29 Dec 2022
Father Duke Adalrich Eticho I of ALSACE, b. Abt 643, Alsace-Lorraine, France 
d. Aft 683, France (Age ~ 41 years) Mother Duchess Bereswinde Of ALSACE, b. Abt 652, Metz, Austrasia, France d. 744, Metz, Austrasia, France (Age ~ 92 years) Family ID F12501 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - When Bereswinde's husband Eticho (Adalrich) found his daughter Odilia was reputedly born blind, which Adalrich took as a punishment for some offence done to God, he tried to persuade his wife Bereswinda to kill the infant child in secret. She instead sent the child into hiding with a maid at the monastery of Palma. According to the Life of Odilia, a bishop named Erhard baptised the adolescent girl and smeared a chrism on her eyes, which miraculously restored her sight.
The bishop tried to restore the duke's relationship with his daughter, but Adalrich, fearing the effect of admitting to having a daughter hiding in poverty in a monastery would have on his subjects, refused. A son of his, ignoring Adalrich's orders, brought his sister back to Hohenburg, where Adalrich was holding court. When Odilia arrived, Adalrich, in a rage, struck a blow with his sceptre to his son's head, accidentally killing him. Disgraced, he reluctantly allowed Odilia to live in the monastery, which had no abbess, with a minimal wage under a British nun.
- When Bereswinde's husband Eticho (Adalrich) found his daughter Odilia was reputedly born blind, which Adalrich took as a punishment for some offence done to God, he tried to persuade his wife Bereswinda to kill the infant child in secret. She instead sent the child into hiding with a maid at the monastery of Palma. According to the Life of Odilia, a bishop named Erhard baptised the adolescent girl and smeared a chrism on her eyes, which miraculously restored her sight.