Veneration
He was buried in the monastery of Souvigny where he died, and soon venerated as a saint.
In 1063 Peter Damien undertook the process of his canonization, and wrote a short life, an abstract from the work of Jotsald, one of Odilo's monks who accompanied him on his travels.
In 1793 the relics together with those of Mayeul were burned by the revolutionaries "on the altar of the fatherland".
The feast of St. Odilo was formerly 2 January, in Cluny, now it is celebrated on 19 January, and in Switzerland on 6 February. Elsewhere it is on 11 May.
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