(d. 944). Cluny first became an important monastic center under Abbot Odo (r. 926–44), who was from an aristocratic family, probably of the region of Berry. In his youth, he had served in the household of Duke William I the Pious of Aquitaine,...

Odo is a name typically associated with historical figures from the Middle Ages and before. Odo is etymologically related to the names Otho and Otto, and to the French name Odon, and to the Italian names Ottone and Udo; all come from a Germanic word...