Odilo of Cluny (c. 962 – 1 January 1049) was the 5th Benedictine Abbot of Cluny, succeeding Mayeul and holding the post for around 54 years. During his...
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Odilo may refer to: Saint Odilo of Cluny (born c.962), fifth Benedictine Abbot of Cluny Odilo, Duke of Bavaria (d. 748), son of Gotfrid of the house of...
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All Souls' Day (redirect from Feast of All Souls)
(31 October). Before the standardization of Western Christian observance on 2 November by St. Odilo of Cluny in the 10th century, many Roman Catholic...
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early abbots of Cluny. There are two "lives" written about Majolus: one by Syrius, a monk of Cluny; and one by Odilo, the fifth abbot of Cluny. Majolus'...
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Allhallowtide (redirect from Triduum of All Hallows)
century, the modern date of All Souls' Day was popularized, after Abbot Odilo established it as a day for the monks of Cluny and associated monasteries...
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Queen of the Scots: A Life in Perspective. Palgrave Macmillan. Odilo of Cluny (2004). Queenship and sanctity: The lives of Mathilda and The epitaph of Adelheid...
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Gerald of Aurillac, another lay saint told by Odilo of Cluny. The life of Robert II is a series of exempla, intended to show that the behavior of the king...
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Pope John XIX (category Year of birth unknown)
spite of the protests of Goslin, bishop of Macon. He offered Odilo of Cluny the archbishopric of Lyons, but Odilo refused and the pope then chided Odilo for...
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year of All Souls' day was standardized and put on 2 November by St. Odilo of Cluny by the end of the 10th century. In 1311, by the decision of the Holy...
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Theophanu (redirect from Theophano Sklerina of Byzantium)
Abbot Odilo of Cluny, Adelaide was very happy when "that Greek woman" died. Nevertheless, the imperial couple were able to secure the trust of their allies...
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