Rigaud (Rigaldus), Eudes (Odo) - Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. X, p. 536

Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.

RIGAUD (Rigaldus), EUDES (Odo). – Franciscan theologian and archbishop of Rouen, born at Brie-Compte-Robert or Courquetain (Ile-de-France), died at Rouen on 2 July 1275. He was Alessandro di Hales (v.), a bachelor ca. 1240–45, and regent master of the Franciscan School of Paris (1245–48).

He collaborated on the Expositio regulae quatuor Magistrorum (1242), wrote a commentary on the first three books of Lombard’s Sentences (the fourth, attributed to him, is spurious), a considerable number of Quaestiones disputatae, and several sermons. His theological works, still unpublished, are of great importance and exercised considerable influence. From 1248 to 1275 he governed the archdiocese of Rouen with wisdom and pastoral zeal. He was a friend and adviser of St Luigi, king of France, and accompanied him to Tunis during the Crusade of 1270. In 1274 he took part in the Second Council of Lyons. His diary, that is, the Regestum visitationum (ed. Th. Bonnin, Rouen 1852), besides bearing witness to his varied activity, is also a mirror of the spiritual life of the period and is therefore of great historical value.

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