Token - Prune (Ottrott - Couvent du mont Sainte Odile) ND
| Steel | 13 g | 31 mm |
| Location | France |
|---|---|
| Issuing entity | Prune |
| Type | Medals › Souvenir medallions |
| Composition | Steel |
| Weight | 13 g |
| Diameter | 31 mm |
| Thickness | 2.25 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Updated | 2024-11-12 |
| Numista | N#62764 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 95% |
Reverse
Sainte Odile and Mont sainte Odile in the background in Ottrott, a French commune in the Bas-Rhin department, Grand-Est region.
Script: Latin
Lettering: STE ODILE D'ALSACE
Edge
Reeded
Comment
The life of Saint Odile, or at least her legend, is known to us thanks to an anonymous text written shortly before 950. Her father, Duke Adalric of Alsace, would have preferred to have a son, especially as Odile was born blind. This was too much for the duke, who decided to have the child, who dishonored his family, put to death. But Bereswinde, Adalric's wife, entrusted Odile to a wet nurse who brought her up for twelve years, before sending her to the monastery of Balme (today Baume-les-Dames, located between Besançon and Montbéliard).The child had not yet been baptized. However, St. Erhard, an Irish monk and bishop of Ardagh (County Longford), who was traveling through Bavaria, had a vision in which God ordered him to go to Baume-les-Dames to perform the baptism. This he did a few days later, and just as the holy oil touched Odile's eyes, she regained her sight. https://www.classicistranieri.com/fr/articles/s/a/i/Sainte_Odile_6e86.html
