Saint Odile of Alsace, Abbess of Hohenburg

Catholic icon of Saint Odile of Alsace, Abbess of Hohenburg on thick plywood 20mm, which does not sting and keeps its shape over time. Preparation with acrylic stucco and have been used acrylic colors. It has been covered with varnish to keep the colors undiluted in time and humidity. Hanging clip included on the back of the icon. 

St. Odile is the patron saint of Alsace and of good eyesight. Her 10th-century vita says she was born blind and her father ordered her killed, but the mother had a servant take her to a faraway place. She ended up in the care of a convent of nuns in Burgundy. Later God came in a vision to St. Erhard of Regensburg and told him to travel to the convent, baptize a blind girl there, and give her the name Odile. When Erhard chrismated the girl's eyes as part of the baptismal service, she was at last able to see. She then managed a reconciliation with her family, which endowed a convent for her. The convent became known as Odilienberg and was a pilgrimage destination in the middle ages, with relics of both Odile and John the Baptist.