Saint of the Day – 16 September – Saint Eugenia of Hohenburg (Died c735) Abbess. Born in Alsace in France and died at Hohenburg Abbey on Odilienberg also in Alsace. Eugenia was the second abbess of the Hohenburg Abbey, in Alsace, France, from 721 to 735. Also known as – Eugenia of Odilienberg, Eugenia of Alsace Eugenia of Altitona, Eugenia of Altodunum, Eugénie. The name Egenia means “noble born” from the Greek. Additional Memorial 26 September on some calendars.
Mosaic, 12th Century, in the Chapel of Tears of the Monastery of Mont Sainte-Odile
Eugenia was the daughter of the Alsatian Duke Adalbert and his wife Gerlind and sister of St Attala of Strasbourg and Gundelindis. She succeeded her aunt Odilia as Abbess at the Hohenburg Monastery – today’s Mont Sainte-Odile Monastery – on Mount Odilienberg in Alsace.
Eugenia was buried in the Chapel of the Monastery on Mount Odilienberg. Her Relics were lost in the Thirty Years’ War.
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