Saint Odo of Urgell

Also known as

• Ot of Urgell
• Dot of Urgell

Memorial

• 7 July

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Oldest son of a Spanish Count of of Pallars Sobirà. Soldier. Archdeacon in Urgell, Spain. Bishop of Urgell in 1095. Noted for his care for the poor.

Born

• c.1065

Died

• 1122 of natural causes
• buried in the monastery of Santa Maria de Gerri

Canonized

• 1133

Patronage

• La Seu d’Urgell, Spain

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
• Wikipedia