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Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn

St. Ottilie (c.1470)
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Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Bonn

Statue of St. Ottilie from the Middle Rhein region, c.1470/80. Because of her blindness Ottilie defied her father, went secretly to a monastery and was healed by baptism. She was abbess of Hohenburg Monastery on the Odilienberg in Alsace. Here she is represented with the pair of eyes in her veiled hand, referring to their miraculous healing and her role as helper with eye diseases.

German label:Hl. Ottilie
Mittelrheingebiet, um 1470/80
auf Niederwerth bei Vallendar

Ottilie wurde wegen ihrer Blindheit vom Vater verstoßen, heimlich in einem Kloster aufgezogen und bei der Taufe geheilt. Sie war Äbtissen des Klosters Hohenburg auf dem Odilienberg (im Elsass). Hier ist sie in Ordenstracht dargestellt, das Augenpaar auf der verhüllten Hand versweist auf ihre wunderbare Heilung und ihre Rolle als Helferin bei Augenkrankheiten.


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