[1] Odo, the second Abbot of Cluny spent a great deal of time in Italy in the last five years of his life.
[3] Like Odo and Berno before him, Aymardus also was devoted to upholding the Rule of St Benedict in an unstained form.
He said, 'Ill, blind, and weary, I can no longer be responsible for the interests of the monastery, nor fittingly watch over its welfare.
For it is well known that not only is the spirit of bravery in soldiers derived from their kind, and their courage from his magnanimity and boldness, but that if he, their leader, is remiss, they too lose their virtue.
If the king loses courage, all his followers, even the strongest and most manly, are overcome with womanly fears.
Exercise, therefore, your discretion and choose a father who will lead you in the way of God, and as a column of light in the night of offence direct your steps.
[8] Aymardus' name still appears in records of Cluny as being an abbot for years after his resignation, but few details are known about him in that period.