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Odo of Cluny or Saint Odo (c. 878 - 18 November, 942) is a Saint of the Roman Catholic Church. Odo was the second abbot of Cluny . He enacted various reforms in the monastery system of France and Italy.

His feast day is the 18th of November.

from the 1911 Catholic Encyclopedia:

He was born probably near Le Mans. He spent several years at the court of William, Duke of Martin at Tours. About 909, he became a monk, priest, and superior of the abbey school in Baume , whose Abbot, Bl. Berno , was transferred to Cluny in 910.

Authorized by a privilege of Pope John XI in 931Events Ramiro II of Leon becomes king of Leon Eric Bloodaxe becomes second king of Norway Births Deaths Emperor Uda of Japan Harald I of Norway 931., he reformed the monasteries in AquitaineRegion Aquitaine Details Information Capital: Bordeaux Population Totale Density 2 908 359 1999 70 /kmē Area41 308 kmē Arrondissements18 Cantons235 Communes2 296 President of the regional council Alain Rousset Departements Dordogne (24) Gironde (33) Lande, northern France, and Italy. The privilege empowered him to unite several abbeyThis article is about an abbey as a religious building. See also Abbey (bank), Abbey Theatre and Abbey, Saskatchewan An abbey (from the Latin abbatia which is derived from the Syriac abba "father"), is a Christian monastery or convent under the governments under his supervision and to receive at Cluny monks from abbeys not yet reformed; the greater number of the reformed monasteries, however, remained independent, and several became centres of reform.

Between 936Events King Taejo of Goryeo (Wanggeon) defeats Hubaekje. Pope Leo VII gains popehood. Births Deaths Henry the Fowler, German king Gyeonhwon, deposed king of Hubaekje (of a tumor) 936. and 942 he visited Italy several times, founding in RomeRome ( Italian and Latin Roma is the capital city of Italy, and of its Lazio region. It is located on the lower Tiber river, near the Mediterranean Sea, at 41°50'N, 12°15'E. The Vatican City State, a sovereign enclave within Rome, is the seat of the Roman the monastery of Our Lady on the Aventine and reforming several convents, e.g. Subiaco and Monte CassinoMonte Cassino is a rocky hill about eighty miles south of Rome, Italy, a mile to the west of the town of Cassino (the Roman Cassinum having been on the hill) and about 1700 ft altitude. It is noted as the site where St. Benedict of Norcia established his. He was sometimes entrusted with important political missions, e.g., when peace was arranged between King Hugo of Italy and Alberic of Rome .

Among his writings are: a biography of St. Gerald of Aurillac , three books of Collationes (moral essays, severe and forceful) a few sermons, an epic poem on the Redemption (Occupatio) in several books (ed. Swoboda, 1900), and twelve choral antiphons in honour of St. Martin.

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