ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 4th of July WELCOME! SAINT ODO, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY ⬅️ Saintly Archbishops of Canterbury Saint Odo [Oda, Odo the Good], Archbishop of Canterbury, died June 2, 959 (not in 958; recent researches showing that he was living on May 17, 959). According to the nearly contemporary account of him in the anonymous "Life of Saint Oswald" his father, a Dane, did not strive to serve God, even endeavouring to hinder his son’s constant presence at the church. Later writers represent Odo’s parents as pagans and the boy himself becoming a Christian despite his father’s anger. HIS FATHER TRIED TO HINDER HIS SON'S CONSTANT PRESENCE AT THE CHURCH Odo was adopted by Aethelhelm, a nobleman, who regarded him with paternal affection and educated him for the service of God. After his ordination he accompanied Aethelhelm to Rome and on the way cured him when he fell ill, by blessing a cup of wine and causing him to drink therefrom. H...