Odon de Pins

Fra ' Odon de Pins, Otto of pins Pinaeus Odo, Odo de Pinibus, Eudes de Pins, († March 24, 1296 in Cyprus ) was a nobleman from Provence and from 1294 until his death in 1296 of 23 Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller.

The Order had in 1291 lost all his possessions on the Syrian and Palestinian mainland and retreated to Cyprus. Odon continued the begun by his predecessor to mount the new headquarters of the Hospitallers in Limassol. Odon, who when he took office had an advanced age, distinguished himself particularly by his piety. The Order focused during his tenure particularly on his hospital activity and undertook any military offensives. However, he also pursued the development of a convent's fleet, which was first used for transporting pilgrims from Italy to the Holy Land, and later to escort ships of pilgrims. Thus, the change of orientation of the military Order of a country - began a naval power. His military inactivity and neglect of military discipline earned him the opposition of some of his monks that the dismissal odons requested when Pope Boniface VIII. The Pope invited Odon for consultation to Rome a. While preparing his departure for Rome fell ill and died in the spring Odon difficult 1296th

He was succeeded by Guillaume de Villaret, under whose leadership the Order went on the offensive again.