death_date death_place birth_place feast_day imagesize venerated_in titles article_title name
1106 gubbio , italy lodi vecchio , italy 7 september 250px roman catholic church bishop of gubbio john of lodi
 saint john of lodi
john of lodi

john of lodi -lrb- 1025-1106 -rrb- 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 -lrb- 1076-1082 -rrb- .
john later became prior of fonte avellana -lrb- 1082-1084 , and again 1100-1101 -rrb- .
in 1104 he became bishop of gubbio , and held this office until his death .
