23 Animorum nulla in terris origo inveniri potest, nihil enim est in
animis mixtum atque concretum, aut quod ex terra natum atque fictum
esse videatur nihil ne aut humidum quidem, aut flabile, aut igneum.
His enim in naturis nihil inest, quod vim memoriæ, mentis,
cogitationis habeat, quod et præterita teneat, et futura provideat,
et complecti possit præsentia: quæ sola divina sunt; nec invenietur
unquam unde ad hominem venire possint, nisi a Deo. Singularis est
igitur quædam natura atque vis animi, sejuncta ab his usitatis
notisque naturis.—_Tusc. Quæst_, lib. 1, c 27.
24 Laguile, in his _History of Alsace_, regards these apostles as the
real disciples of S. Peter. He finds a proof of it in the writings
of S. Irenæus (who lived in the IIId century), which allude to the
churches of Germany.
25 An old tradition attributes the foundation of this château to the
Emperor Maximin, and declares that the rotunda was formerly
consecrated to the worship of the pagan divinities. This rotunda was
destroyed in 1734. An inn now stands on the spot.
26 This abbey, at a later day, adopted the rule of S. Benedict, and in
the VIIIth century became of great importance, being rebuilt and
endowed by Duke Garnier.
27 The remains of St. Deodatus have been preserved in this church.
Formerly they were borne in procession with great pomp around
Ebersheim‐Münster on the 19th of May, the festival of this saint.
28 S. Odile was particularly attached to Ebersheim‐Münster. After the
foundation of the Convent of Hohenbourg she appointed the abbot
director of her community, and made to it some donations on
condition that some of the monks of Ebersheim‐Münster should
celebrate divine service at Hohenbourg on certain festivals, and the
abbot himself on the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Déobald,
Abbot of Ebersheim‐Münster, had the particular confidence of
Charlemagne. He travelled with him to Saxe in 810.
29 The remains of Adalric were, long after his death, removed from
Hohenbourg to Ebersheim‐Münster, and were for a long period
venerated by the pilgrims.
30 Chroniclers speak particularly of the wonderful beauty of Odile’s
fair locks.
31 “If Pilatus wears his hood
The weather surely will be good;
But if Pilatus dons his sword,
Then rain will soon be the award.”