Andlau - Saints-Pierre-et-Paul

Richardis, wife of Charles III (aka "Charles the Fat") and so "Holy Roman Empress", founded the abbey in Andlau ca 880. Later she lived here (as the abbess). She was known for her piety and so she was canonised, when Pope Leo IX paid a visit to the abbey in 1049.

Another frame of the frieze in Andlau depicts this naked lady, riding a giant fish. The lady does not have the typical mermaid-attribute (tail/s), but riding a fish, shows her "profession". Her feet are like duckfeet - or fins..