St. John of Lodi

Feastday: September 7
Death: 1106

Benedictine bishop of Gubbio, Italy. Born in Lodi Vecchio, Italy, he lived for some time as a hermit before becoming a bishop. He also authored a life of St. Peter Damian.

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John of Lodi (1025-1106) was an Italian hermit and bishop.

John was born in Lodi Vecchio in 1025. In the 1060s he became a hermit at the Camaldolese monastery of Fonte Avellana. He became a disciple and the personal secretary of Peter Damian, who was the prior of Fonte Avellana. After Damian's death in 1072, John wrote a biography of Damian (1076-1082). John later became prior of Fonte Avellana (1082-1084, and again 1100-1101). In 1104 he became Bishop of Gubbio, and held this office until his death.

Notes

1. ^ John of Lodi, Vita Petri Damiani, ed. S. Freund, Studien zur literarischen Wirksamkeit des Petrus Damiani (Hannover, 1995), pp. 177-265 (in Latin)