Odo from Cambrai

Odo von Cambrai (also Odardus ) (* 1060 in Orléans , † June 19, 1113 in the Abbey of Anchin ) was a theologian, abbot and finally bishop of Cambrai . He is a blessed of the Catholic Church.

Life

Odo was initially a monk in the Benedictine monastery Anchin. Later he was a teacher at the cathedral schools in Toul and Tournai . He turned against nominalism , which he regarded as heretical . In 1092 he renewed the fallen monastery of Saint-Martin in Tournai, initially as a canonical monastery . This community initially followed the Rule of Augustine before adopting the principles of the Benedictines of Cluny . Odo became abbot of this community in 1095. In 1105 he became Bishop of Cambrai, but had to deal with his predecessor Manasse von Soissons , who had been deposed as a Simonist by the Council of Clermont in 1095 , but was supported by Emperor Henry IV . This dispute led to Odo resigning from his episcopate in 1110 and entering the Anchin Monastery.

He is buried in Anchin Monastery. His feast day is June 19 or 20. Godefried von Reims wrote poems in honor of Odo.

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Odo was heavily influenced by philosophy and the early Christian authors of antiquity. According to his biographer Hermann von Tournai , Odo wrote three works on logic, but these have not been preserved. He also wrote explanations for several books in the Bible. His work on original sin was influential. He also made excerpts from Pliny ' Naturalis historia . In his writing De peccato originali he used dialectical methods.

Works (selection)

Sophistes. Liber complexionum (lost)
De re et due (lost)
De operibus six dierum (written as Hildebert von Lavardin)
Sermons
Expositio in Canonem Missae
De peccato originali (3 books)
Disputatio contra Judaeum ...
De blaphemia in Spiritum Sanctum
De canonibus evangeliorum

Individual evidence

↑ Martin Anton Schmidt : Scholastik (= The Church in its History. A Handbook. Volume 2, Delivery G, Part 2). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1969, p. G83.

literature

Johannes Madey : Odo from Cambrai. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 16, Bautz, Herzberg 1999, ISBN 3-88309-079-4 , Sp. 1176-1177. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
Max Manitius : History of Latin Literature in the Middle Ages. Third part (volume) with Paul Lehmann's participation: From the outbreak of the church dispute up to the end of the 12th century (= Handbook of Classical Studies . Volume IX, 2.3). CH Beck, Munich 1931 (reprints 1964, 1973).
Complete Lexicon of Saints. Volume 4, Augsburg 1875, p. 612 ( digitized version ).

personal data
SURNAME	Odo from Cambrai
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	le Bienheureux, Eudes; Cameracensis, Odardus; from Cambrai, Odardus; di Cambrai, Oddone; Aurelianensis, Odo; Beatus, Odo; Turnacensis, Odo; Camerace, Odoardus; de Cambrai, Odon; de Tournai, Odon; from Cambrai, Otto; Camerace, Oudart; from Tournai, Odo; de Cambrai, Odo; Tornacensis, Odo; from Cambrai, Odo; of Tournai, Odo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Scholar, Abbot and Bishop of Cambrai
DATE OF BIRTH	1060
PLACE OF BIRTH	Orleans
DATE OF DEATH	June 19, 1113
Place of death	Anchin Monastery

[1] Martin Anton Schmidt : Scholastik (= The Church in its History. A Handbook. Volume 2, Delivery G, Part 2). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1969, p. G83.