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1	Ex quibus unus fuit Odorannus : community and self in an eleventh-century monastery (Saint Pierre-le-Vif, Sens) Bright, Catherine 25 May 2009 (has links) This undergraduate thesis is an examination of the works of Odorannus (c. 985-c. 1046), a monk of the abbey of Saint Pierre-le-Vif in Sens, France. A prominent monk in his community, Odorannus was involved in constructing and celebrating his monastery's prosperity and identity. At times, however, he was at variance with his brethren, even experiencing a brief period in exile. This essay explores aspects of Odorannus' compilation, a collection which the monk himself gathered together in his old age, in terms of the dynamic relationship between self and community in a Benedictine monastery of the central Middle Ages. Odorannus of Sens (985-1046) self identity, personal identity, institutional Saint-Pierre-le-Vif, monastery Benedictine monasticism France, medieval aging legacy reputation exile compilation reliquary foundation legend, monastic Theudechild ritual commemoration of the dead All Souls' Day liturgy