Saint Sigeberge

Sigeberge is considered one of the very first abbesses of Remiremont in the 7th century, when the Abbey of Remiremont still occupied the Saint-Mont above the current town. According to tradition, she lost her sight from shedding tears over the Passion of Christ, and she was then called Cecilia (from the Latin caecilia, "blind"). However, the miracles attributed to her invocation and her relics in the healing of eye diseases also earned her the nickname Claire or Clarisse. She has a local feast day in the Gregorian calendar on August 12 and is invoked under her various names of Saint Cecilia, Saint Claire, or Saint Clarisse.