RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Odile of Alsace

662 - 720

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Odile of Alsace, also known as Odilia and Ottilia, born c. 662 - c. 720 at Mont Sainte-Odile), is a saint venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church. She is a patroness saint of good eyesight and of the region of Alsace. Saint Odile is commemorated with a feast day on 13 December and on 14 December in Alsace. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Odile of Alsace has received more than 163,859 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Odile of Alsace is the 807th most popular religious figure (down from 795th in 2019), the 1,108th most popular biography from France (up from 1,124th in 2019) and the 55th most popular French Religious Figure.

Odile of Alsace is most famous for being the wife of Charlemagne.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Odile of Alsace ranks 807 out of 3,187Before her are Peter Chrysologus, Papias of Hierapolis, Giuseppe Moscati, Margot Frank, Sen no Rikyū, and Agnes of Bohemia. After her are Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir, Ibn Qutaybah, Malik al-Ashtar, Apollinaris of Laodicea, Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha, and Nikephoros I of Constantinople.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 662, Odile of Alsace ranks 2Before her is Emperor Ruizong of Tang. After her are Raginpert, and Kakinomoto no Hitomaro. Among people deceased in 720, Odile of Alsace ranks 3Before her are Tariq ibn Ziyad, and Umar II. After her are Yazid ibn al-Muhallab, and Fujiwara no Fuhito.

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In France

Among people born in France, Odile of Alsace ranks 1,108 out of 6,770Before her are Theobald II of Navarre (1239), Pepin II of Aquitaine (823), Henry Louis Le Chatelier (1850), Jean-Baptiste Jourdan (1762), Flora Tristan (1803), and Coluche (1944). After her are Étienne Gilson (1884), Charles III of Navarre (1361), François Leclerc du Tremblay (1577), Georges Ernest Boulanger (1837), James II of Majorca (1243), and La Hire (1390).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Odile of Alsace ranks 55Before her are Ivo of Kermartin (1253), Saint Eligius (588), Martin Bucer (1491), Leonard of Noblac (496), Jean Mabillon (1632), and Robert de Sorbon (1201). After her are Antipope Gregory VIII (1100), Arnulf of Metz (582), Jean-Louis Tauran (1943), Louise de Marillac (1591), Philipp Spener (1635), and Jane Frances de Chantal (1572).