 Painting - Daniele Crespi (1629). | |
| Priest | |
| Born | c. 1105 Novara, Duchy of Milan |
| Died | 14 January 1200 (aged 94) Tagliacozzo, Papal States |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 31 May 1859, Saint Peter's Basilica, Papal States by Pope Pius IX |
| Feast | 14 January |
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Odo of Novara (c. 1105 – 14 January 1200) was an Italian Catholic priest and a professed member from the Carthusians.[1][2]
Pope Pius IX confirmed his beatification in mid-1859.[3]
He was born in Novara around 1105 and was appointed as the prior of Geirach Charterhouse in Slovenia in 1189. But he experienced difficulties with Dietrich - the local bishop - who persecuted him. Odo went to Rome in 1190 to request Pope Clement III to relieve him of his office.[1][2][3]
He became a chaplain after his resignation at a convent in Tagliacozzo. Odo died there in 1200 aged 95.
A process of investigation into his manner of life was initiated at the request of Pope Gregory IX.[1] The Bishop of Trivento Riccardo described Odo 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".
