Saint Odilo of Cluny (Subscribe)
Links
The Saints: A Concise Biographical Dictionary
http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/ODILO.htm
Says that St. Odilo's subjection of other monasteries to Cluny constituted the first religious order, properly speaking.
St. Odilo
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=806
Short biography of the fifth abbot of Cluny.
Patron Saints Index
http://saints.sqpn.com/sainto04.htm
Profile of St. Odilo, the "Archangel of Monks".
Catholic Encyclopedia
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11207c.htm
St. Odilo became abbot of Cluny shortly before Abbot Mayeul's death in 994. The Cluniac reform flourished during his tenure in office, and St. Odilo was instrumental in bringing about the "Peace of God". He died in 1048.