| Blessed Odo of Novara O. Cart. | |
| Birth Date: | c. 1105 |
| Death Date: | 14 January 1200 (aged 94) |
| Feast Day: | 14 January |
| Venerated In: | Roman Catholic Church |
| Birth Place: | Novara, Duchy of Milan |
| Death Place: | Tagliacozzo, Papal States |
| Titles: | Priest |
| Beatified Date: | 31 May 1859 |
| Beatified Place: | Saint Peter's Basilica, Papal States |
| Beatified By: | Pope Pius IX |
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".