Oda of Canterbury

Odo of Canterbury (c. 880 in Denmark, † June 2 959 in Canterbury ) was an English archbishop and is a saint. He is also known as Odo the Good.

Church History circumstances of the time

In the 9th and 10th centuries were to Christianize the British Isles efforts are underway to pagan tribes and groups.

Life

942 he assumed the office of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The local cathedral chapter was reserved towards him very much. This initial resistance overcame Odo in that it in the French Abbey Fleury religious profession of the Benedictines, a solemn vow.

Odo promoted in the subsequent period, monasticism, the pastoral care and care of the purity of morals. Because of his kindness and helpfulness he received during his lifetime nicknamed the Good.

He became the tutor of his nephew, the afterwards canonized Oswald of York.

Remembrance

Feast day of the saint is the 2nd of June.