Achahildis

Achahildis (also called Achatia, Atzin or Atzia) was a saint and founder of the church at Wendelstein in Franconia, Germany, who died around 970. Her name means God holds in battle. She is remembered on 29 October.

Until the 11th century she was thought to be the sister of Saint Kunigunde. According to legend she worked two miracles in her life. Her servants had stolen and eaten a goose, and she brought it back to life. The second miracle is said to have been worked during her pregnancy, when in winter she longed for cherries and a cherry tree in her garden bore ripe fruit. Because of these miracles she is shown in the dress of a townswoman, with three geese or a goose leg and a cherry tree with ripe red fruit.

She was honored especially in the 15th century, in the Wendelstein region, where a small chapel dedicated to her stands today.

She is a local saint of the West; no Orthodox synodal canonization is known, and the story of her life is largely legendary.