John of Lodi (1025–1106) was an Italian hermit and bishop.
John was born in
Lodi Vecchio
Lodi Vecchio ( Ludesan: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lodi in the Italian region Lombardy, which is located about southeast of Milan and about west of Lodi. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree ...
in 1025. In the 1060s he became a hermit at the
Camaldolese
The Camaldolese Hermits of Mount Corona ( la, Congregatio Eremitarum Camaldulensium Montis Coronae), commonly called Camaldolese is a monastic order of Pontifical Right for men founded by Saint Romuald. Their name is derived from the Holy Hermita ...
monastery of
Fonte Avellana
Fonte Avellana or the Venerable Hermitage of the Holy Cross, is a Roman Catholic hermitage in Serra Sant'Abbondio in the Marche region of Italy. It was once also the name of an order of hermits based at this hermitage.
History
Fonte Avellana wa ...
. He became a disciple and the personal secretary of
Peter Damian
Peter Damian ( la, Petrus Damianus; it, Pietro or '; – 21 or 22 February 1072 or 1073) was a reforming Benedictine monk and cardinal in the circle of Pope Leo IX. Dante placed him in one of the highest circles of '' Paradiso'' ...
, who was the prior of Fonte Avellana. After Damian's death in 1072, John wrote a biography of Damian (1076-1082).
[John of Lodi, ''Vita Petri Damiani'', ed. S. Freund, ''Studien zur literarischen Wirksamkeit des Petrus Damiani'' (Hannover, 1995), pp. 177-265 (in Latin)] John later became prior of Fonte Avellana (1082-1084, and again 1100–1101). In 1104 he became
Bishop of Gubbio
The Italian Catholic Diocese of Gubbio ( la, Dioecesis Eugubina) is in the province of Perugia, in Umbria, central Italy. , and held this office until his death.
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External links
St. John of LodiSan Giovanni da Lodi
(in Italian)
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1025 births
1106 deaths
People from the Province of Lodi
Italian Roman Catholic saints
12th-century Christian saints
Italian Benedictines
12th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops