Opportuna dari Montreuil (Wafat pada Tahun 770 Masehi) adalah seorang Biarawati Benediktin Franka dan Abdis. Vita et miracula Sanctae Opportunae ditulis seabad setelah kematiannya (skt. 885-88) oleh Adalhelmus , Uskup Séez, yang percaya bahwa dia berutang nyawa dan kepada Opportuna.
Santa Opportuna dari Montreuil | |
|---|---|
Santa Opportuna dikunjungi oleh Bunda Maria di ranjang kematiannya, diukir oleh Jacques Callot (skt. 1630) | |
| Abdis dan perawan | |
| Lahir | tidak diketahui di puri Exmes, Argentan, dekat Ayesmes, Normandia, Prancis |
| Meninggal | 22 April 770 Masehi Montreuil, Prancis |
| Dihormati di | Gereja Ortodoks dan Gereja Katolik Roma |
| Pesta | 22 April |
| Atribut | Membawa crosier kepala biarawati dan peti relikui; dengan Bunda Maria muncul di ranjang kematiannya; sebagai seorang putri dengan sekeranjang ceri dan fleur-de-lys |
| Pelindung | Keuskupan Séez |
Catatan sunting
- ^Meaning "little monastery", it later gave its name to Montreuil-la-Cambe.
- ^He should probably not be conflated with Chrodegang of Metz.
- ^Opportuna's brother is identified with Saint Chrodegang of Metz by at least one source. However, Opportuna's story, which places him as Bishop of Séez and being murdered by a rival while on the road to Montreuil, is not mentioned in any resources relating to his life, which state instead that he died on 6 March 776 at Metz.
- ^Lacking opportunities for public careers, their lives offered few events. Three Merovingian hagiographies of female saints circulated widely: Geneviève of Paris (d. 502), Venantius Fortunatus' vita of Radegund (d. 587) and that of Gertrude of Nivelles. To these can be added the Hiberno-Latin vita of Brigid (Smith 1995:13).
- ^Here, Adalhelm envisions her being summoned to Heaven by Cecilia and Lucy.
- ^The Siege of Paris (885-886) took place during the reign of Charles the Fat, who may have been intended.
Referensi sunting
- Julia M. H. Smith, "The Problem of Female Sanctity in Carolingian Europe c. 780-920" Past and Present No. 146 (February 1995), pp. 3-37.
- Jones, Terry. "Chrodegang of Metz". Patron Saints Index. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2013-02-05. Diakses tanggal 2007-04-20.
Pranala luar sunting
- St. Opportuna from Butler's Lives of the Saints 2012-11-20 di Wayback Machine.
- (dalam bahasa Prancis)
- Den hellige Opportuna av Montreuil (dalam bahasa Norwegia)
- La Vie et Miracles de Ste Opportune Abbesse, by Nicolas Gosset, 1659 (first ed. 1654) (dalam bahasa Prancis)