Chapel of Saint Odile, Religious chapel in Frýdek-Místek, Czech Republic.
The Chapel of Saint Odile is a neo-Gothic niche chapel built into a stone retaining wall on a slope at a spring outlet, on Staroměstská Street in Frýdek-Místek. In the central niche stands a wooden post carrying a triptych of Saint Odile as a nun, an open book with eyes painted on its pages in her left hand and a bishop's crozier in her right. Below runs the petition: "Svatá Otýlie ochraň nás od všech nemocí očních".
The chapel was built by Frýdek burgher Jan Pešat as thanks for the healing of blindness in his mother and sister, a cure in which water from a spring at this spot was used. It was dedicated to Saint Odile, patron saint of eye diseases, and the spring site was enclosed by a stone wall set into the slope.
The chapel honours Saint Odile, a patron saint associated with sight and healing whom visitors come to venerate. Pilgrims leave personal offerings here as expressions of their hopes and gratitude.
The chapel stands by the road on Staroměstská Street, built into a stone wall on the slope at the spring outlet, with the chapel set in the middle. It is freely accessible, so visitors can step up to the niche at any time.
The chapel niche holds a wooden-post triptych showing Saint Odile as a nun with an open book whose pages bear painted eyes, and a bishop's staff in her right hand. Below it runs the plea: "Saint Odile, protect us from all eye diseases."
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