Saint Odilo of Cluny
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- Also known as
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Archangel of Monks
Olon of Cluny;
- Memorial
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11 May
19 January in Cluny (formerly 2 January)
6 February in Switzerland
- Profile
- French nobility, the son of Berald de Mercoeur and Gerberga who became a nun when widowed.
Cured of unnamed malady in childhood by the intervention of Our Lady.
Monk at Cluny at age 29.
Abbot at Cluny in 994 at age 32 until his death.
Promoted the Truce of God whereby military hostilities were suspended at certain times for ostensibly religious reasons, but which allowed enough commerce that people could survive, and which guaranteed sanctuary to those who sought refuge in a church.
Instituted the feast now know as All Soul's Day.
Known to sell Church property and treasures to feed the poor during times of famine.
Declined the archbishopric of Lyons.
Increased the Cluniac houses from 37 to 65.
The cause for his canonization was presssed by Saint Peter Damian, who wrote a biography of him.
- Born
- 962 at Auvergne, France
- Died
- 1 January 1049 at Souvigny, France
- Patronage
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against jaundice
souls in Purgatory
- Representation
- Benedictine abbot with a skull and crossbones at his feet; abbot celebrating Mass with Purgatory open at his side; abbot in the same image as angels releasing souls from Purgatory
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Encyclopedia
Catholic Online
Catholic Online
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Google Directory
Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
New Catholic Dictionary
Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon - deutsch
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
Saints: A concise Biographical Dictionary, by John Coulson
Stadlers Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon - deutsch
Wikipedia
Wikipedia - deutsch
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