Odilo Of Cluny
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Gender | Male |
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Born | Auvergne |
France | |
Date of died | January 1,1049 |
Died | Souvigny |
France | |
Feast | Cluny |
Switzerland | |
Books | Queenship and Sanctity: The Lives of Mathilda and the Epitaph of Adelheid (Medieval Texts in Translation) |
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ID | 1319207 |
Odilo Of Cluny Life story
Odilo of Cluny was the fifth Benedictine Abbot of Cluny, holding the post for around 54 years. During his tenure Cluny became the most important monastery in western Europe. Odilo actively worked to reform the monastic practices not only at Cluny, but at other Benedictine houses.