Odon de Châtillon
Catholic cardinal
About Odon de Châtillon
Lived 1050 – 1101 (aged 50–51). Odon de Châtillon was a catholic priest, catholic bishop and cardinal (Catholic Church).
Odon de Châtillon (died c. 1102) was a French cardinal. He was probably a nephew of Pope Urban II (1088–99).
Career He entered the Order of Benedictines in the monastery of Cluny. His uncle Urban II elevated him to the cardinalate and named him Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia ca. 1095. He participated in the papal election, 1099 and was a principal consecrator of Pope Paschal II. He attended the council of Melfi in October 1100.
Date of his death is not recorded. He subscribed the papal bull for the last time on 21 March 1102. His successor in the see of Ostia (Leo of Ostia) appears for the first time on 7 September 1109 but is believed to have been created before 1107.
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Who was Odon de Châtillon?
Catholic cardinal
When was Odon de Châtillon born?
Odon de Châtillon was born in 1050 in Reims.
When did Odon de Châtillon die?
Odon de Châtillon died on 31 March 1101 in Ostia Antica.
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Odon de Châtillon was a catholic priest, catholic bishop and cardinal (Catholic Church).
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