Odo of Novara

Blessed Odo of Novara
Odo of Novara, by Daniele Crespi (1629), Garegnano Charterhouse in Milan.
Born	c. 1105 Novara, Italy
Died	1200 Tagliacozzo, Italy
Honored in	Roman Catholic Church
Beatified	1859
Feast	14 January

Odo of Novara (c. 1105–1200) was an Italian Carthusian monk.

A native of Novara, he was appointed as prior of Geirach in Slovenia. However, he experienced difficulties with Dietrich, the local bishop, who persecuted him. Odo went to Rome to request the pope to relieve him of his office.^[1]

After resigning as prior, he became a chaplain for many decades at the monastery at Tagliacozzo.

Veneration

After his death, an inquiry into his manner of life was ordered by Gregory IX.^[2] He was described at the inquiry by Richard, bishop of Trivento, 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."^[3]

His feast day in the Roman Martyrology is January 14.

References

1. ^ Alban Butler, Paul Burns, Butler's Lives of the Saints (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2000), 96.
2. ^ Alban Butler, Paul Burns, Butler's Lives of the Saints (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2000), 96.
3. ^ Alban Butler, Paul Burns, Butler's Lives of the Saints (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2000), 96.

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Persondata
Name	Odo Of Novara
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1105
Place of birth	Novara, Italy
Date of death	1200
Place of death	Tagliacozzo, Italy