John of Lodi

{{Short description|Italian Roman Catholic saint (1025–1106)}}

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|death_date= 1106

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|birth_place= Lodi Vecchio, Italy

|death_place= Gubbio, Italy

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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 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, and held this office until his death.