| Blessed Odo of Novara O. Cart. | |
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 Painting - Daniele Crespi (1629). | |
| Priest | |
| Born | c. 1105 Novara, Duchy of Milan |
| Died | 14 January 1200 (aged 94) Tagliacozzo, Papal States |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 31 May 1859, Saint Peter's Basilica, Papal States by Pope Pius IX |
| Feast | 14 January |
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Odo of Novara (c. 1105 – 14 January 1200) was an Italian Catholic priest and a professed member from the Carthusians.
Pope Pius IX confirmed his beatification in mid-1859.
Life
He was born in Novara around 1105 and was appointed as the prior of Geirach Charterhouse in Slovenia in 1189. But he experienced difficulties with Dietrich - the local bishop - who persecuted him. Odo went to Rome in 1190 to request Pope Clement III to relieve him of his office.
He became a chaplain after his resignation at a convent in Tagliacozzo. Odo died there in 1200 aged 95.
Beatification
A process of investigation into his manner of life was initiated at the request of Pope Gregory IX. The Bishop of Trivento Riccardo described Odo as a "God-fearing man, modest and chaste, given up day and night to watching and prayer, clad only in rough garments of wool, living in a tiny cell ... obeying always the sound of the bell when it called him to office".
References
- ^ Alban Butler, Paul Burns, Butler's Lives of the Saints (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2000), 96.
- ^ "Blessed Odo of Novara". Saints SQPN. 13 January 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ "Blessed Odo of Novara". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
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