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St. Odilo - http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=806
Short biography of the fifth abbot of Cluny. |
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Patron Saints Index - http://saints.sqpn.com/sainto04.htm
Profile of St. Odilo, the "Archangel of Monks". |
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The Saints: A Concise Biographical Dictionary - http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/ODILO.htm
Says that St. Odilo's subjection of other monasteries to Cluny constituted the first religious order, properly speaking. |
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Catholic Encyclopedia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11207c.htm
St. Odilo became abbot of Cluny shortly before Abbot Mayeul's death in 994. The Cluniac reform flourished during his tenure in office, and St. Odilo was instrumental in bringing about the "Peace of God". He died in 1048. |
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For All the Saints - http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0101.htm#odil
Biographical portrait of St. Odilo, who instituted the observance of All Souls' Day. |