John of Lodi

Saint John of Lodi
Bishop of Gubbio
Born	Lodi Vecchio, Italy
Died	1106 Gubbio, Italy
Venerated in	Catholic Church
Feast	7 September

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).^[1] 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)

External links

• St. John of Lodi
• San Giovanni da Lodi (in Italian)