JOHN OF LODI, ST.

Benedictine; b. Lodi, Lombardy, Italy, c. 1025–30;d. Gubbio, Sept. 7, 1105. After an excellent education in the liberal arts, he abandoned society for a strict eremitical life. Already a priest, he joined the group of hermits at fonte avellana (c. 1065) and became the assistant and traveling companion of the elderly (St.) peter dami an (d. 1072). Shortly after Damian's death he prepared a reliable biography of his master, who had addressed two of his writings to him (Opusc. 44 and Ep. 6.10), and who had entrusted him with the critical revision of his literary works. After 1080 John became prior of the hermitage in Fonte Avellana. In 1104 he was elected bishop of Gubbio, but he died in the first year of his office and was buried in the cathedral of Gubbio.

Feast: Sept. 7.

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