Odo of Cluny [SEP] position held
Odo of Cluny
Odo of Cluny (French: "Odon") ( 880 – 18 November 942) was the second abbot of Cluny. He enacted various reforms in the Cluniac system of France and Italy. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. His feast day is 18 November.
There is only one contemporary biography of him, the "Vita Odonis" written by John of Salerno.
Early life.
Odo was born about 880, the son of Abbo, feudal
terrible curse including eternal hellfire. The apostles Peter and Paul were called upon to be the guardians of Cluny.
Berno's Death.
Berno administered six monasteries by the time he died, which were at Gigny, Baume, the abbey of Aethicens with the cella of St Lautenus, Deols, Massay and Cluny. Before he died he gave three monasteries, namely Gigny, Baume and Aethicens to one of his monks named Wido, and the other three he gave to another monk named Odo (later St Odo of Cluny