Athaliah (8th century)

Biography

Athaliah had been taken by her paternal aunt, Saint Odilia, to Hohenburg Abbey. Atalía renounced marriage and religious life in her aunt's convent. Her father, Adalbert, Duke of Alsace, built a monastery for her in Strasbourg which was placed under the patronage of Saint Stephen. The Benedictine rule was followed, which the saint had softened “to make it bearable to the weakness of women.”