Saint of the Day – 7 July – Saint Odo of Urgell (c1063-1122) Bishop, a zealous Defender of the rights of his See, builder and restorer of numerous Churches but most of all, Bishop Odo is remembered as a most gentle and generous benefactor of the poor, the needy and the ill. Born in Sort, Catalan, Spain in c1063 and died on 7 July 1122 in Urgell, Catalan, Spain. Patronage – of La Seu d’Urgell, Spain. Also known as – Oddone, (in Catalan -Ot, Dot) Odón.
Odo was the third son of Artal and Lucia, of the noble family of the Counts of Pallars. He was born in Sort between 1063 and 1065.
He embraced the Ecclesiastical state from a young age and was the Archdeacon of the Cathedral of Urgell for several years. He was elected as the Bishop in 1095.
Odo was a courageous defender of the rights of his See and built or restored numerous Churches. He promoted religious and social brotherhoods and spent much of this time and energy on assisting the poor and ill.
He died on 7 July 1122 and in the inscription engraved on his Tomb, he was praised as “father of orphans and widows, health of the sick and life of the poor.”
He is buried in the Monastery of Santa Maria de Gerri – see the Monastery below. In 1133 his successor declared him to be a Saint and he is venerated as such today. Odo is one of the Patron Saints of the town of La Seu d’Urgell.
His successor, Peter Berenguer (1123-1141) and the Cathedral Chapter, together authorised his public veneration on 21 June 1133. Since then, his Feast has been celebrated in Urgell, of which he is the Patron Saint, on 7 July, with his own Office until the reform of Saint Pius V in 1568 and with the O“ffice de Comuni Confessorum Pontificum,” thereafter. He entered the Roman Martyrology in the second edition of 1589.
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St Lawrence of Brindisi OFM Cap (1559-1619) Confessor, The “Franciscan Renaissance Man,” Priest and Friar of the Friars Minor Capuchin, Theologian, Vicar General of the Franciscans, Language scholar, Humanist, Philosopher, Biblicist, Preacher, Missionary, Professor, International Administrator, Confidant of Popes, Emperors, Kings and Princes, Diplomatic envoy, Army Chaplain, Military Strategist and Morale builder, Polemicist, Prolific writer. He was Beatified on 1 June 1783 by Pope Pius VI and Canonised on 8 December 1881 by Pope Leo XIII. His Zealous Life: https://anastpaul.com/2017/07/21/saint-of-the-day-21-july-st-lawrence-of-brindisi-o-f-m-cap-doctor-of-the-church/
St Alexander St Angelelmus of Auxerre St Apollonius of Brescia
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St Peter Fourier C.R.S.A. (1565-1640) Priest, Founder, Reformer, Confessor, Theologian, Teacher, Preacher, Apostle of Prayer, Penance and Charity, Marian devotee – “the Good Father of Mattaincourt” “le bon pere de Mattaincourt”. Although he died on 9 December his Feast Day is celebrated today, 7 July, possibly the date of the translation of part of his Relics. St Peter spread everywhere devotion to the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin. More than two centuries before the Miraculous Medal in 1830 and the proclamation of the dogma in 1854, he saw to the distribution of large quantities of a medal he had struck, on which were engraved the words – “Mary was conceived without sin.” He was Beatified by Pope Benedict XIII in 1730 and Canonised by Pope Leo XIII in 1897. St Peter Fourier is honoured by a statue of him in St Peter’s Basilica among the founders of religious orders. His Zealous Life: https://anastpaul.com/2018/12/09/saint-of-the-day-9-december-st-peter-fourier-c-r-s-a-1565-1640/
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