Blessed Odo of Cambrai
- Also known as
- Odoardus
- Memorial
- 19 June
- Profile
- One of the most learned French scholars of the 11th century.
Layman headmaster of the cathedral school at Tournai in 1087.
Following a close study of Saint Augustine's writing, around 1090 he felt a calling to religious life.
Benedictine monk.
He founded a Benedictine community at the disused abbey of Saint Martin at Tournai.
Bishop of Cambrai in 1105.
When he refused lay investiture, asserting that only the Church has authority over such decisions, he was exiled to the abbey of Anchin.
- Born
- 1050 at Orleans, France
- Died
- 19 June 1113 at Anchin, France of natural causes
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Encyclopedia
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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