Odo of Cambrai
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Odo of Cambrai (Orléans 1060 - 1113) was a Benedictine monk, scholar and bishop
. He was born at Orléans
.
In 1087 he was invited by the canons of Tournai
to teach in that city, and there soon won a great reputation. He became a Benedictine monk (1095) in St. Martin's Abbey, Tournai, of which be became abbot later. In 1105 he was chosen Bishop of Cambrai, and was consecrated during a synod at Reims
. For some time after he was unable to obtain possession of his see owing to his refusal to receive investiture
at the hands of Emperor Henry IV
, but the latter's son Henry restored the See of Cambrai to Odo in 1106.
He laboured diligently for his diocese, but in 1110 he was exiled on the ground that he had never received the cross and ring from the emperor. Odo retired to Anchin Abbey
, near Pecquencourt
, where he died without regaining possession of his diocese. Many of his works are lost; those extant will be found in Migne
.
His treatise De peccato originali in three books, composed between 1095 and 1105, discuss the problrm of universals, and of genera and species from a realist viewpoint.
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
. He was born at Orléans
Orléans
-Prehistory and Roman:Cenabum was a Gallic stronghold, one of the principal towns of the Carnutes tribe where the Druids held their annual assembly. It was conquered and destroyed by Julius Caesar in 52 BC, then rebuilt under the Roman Empire...
.
In 1087 he was invited by the canons of Tournai
Tournai
Tournai is a Walloon city and municipality of Belgium located 85 kilometres southwest of Brussels, on the river Scheldt, in the province of Hainaut....
to teach in that city, and there soon won a great reputation. He became a Benedictine monk (1095) in St. Martin's Abbey, Tournai, of which be became abbot later. In 1105 he was chosen Bishop of Cambrai, and was consecrated during a synod at Reims
Reims
Reims , a city in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France, lies east-northeast of Paris. Founded by the Gauls, it became a major city during the period of the Roman Empire....
. For some time after he was unable to obtain possession of his see owing to his refusal to receive investiture
Investiture
Investiture, from the Latin is a rather general term for the formal installation of an incumbent...
at the hands of Emperor Henry IV
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Henry IV was King of the Romans from 1056 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1084 until his forced abdication in 1105. He was the third emperor of the Salian dynasty and one of the most powerful and important figures of the 11th century...
, but the latter's son Henry restored the See of Cambrai to Odo in 1106.
He laboured diligently for his diocese, but in 1110 he was exiled on the ground that he had never received the cross and ring from the emperor. Odo retired to Anchin Abbey
Anchin Abbey
Anchin Abbey was a Benedictine monastery founded in 1079 in the commune of Pecquencourt in what is now the Nord department of France.-History:...
, near Pecquencourt
Pecquencourt
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, where he died without regaining possession of his diocese. Many of his works are lost; those extant will be found in Migne
Migné
Migné is a commune in the Indre department in central France.-References:*...
.
His treatise De peccato originali in three books, composed between 1095 and 1105, discuss the problrm of universals, and of genera and species from a realist viewpoint.
Works and Translations
- De peccato originali libri tres Migne, Patrologia Latina, vol.CLX, col. 1071-1102.
- On Original Sin and A Disputation with the Jew, Leo, Concerning the Advent of Christ, the Son of God Two Theological Treatises, Translated and edited by Irven M. Resnick, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1994.