Otto of Freising
December 15, 1109 –September 22, 1158
Historian, Writer, Catholic priest, Chronicler, Catholic bishop, Latin Catholic monk
Lived 48 years
- Born in
- Klosterneuburg
- Passed away in
- Morimond Abbey
Otto of Freising (Latin: Otto Frisingensis; c. 1111 – 22 September 1158) was a German churchman of the Cistercian order and chronicled at least two texts which carry valuable information on the political history of his own time. He was the bishop of Freising from 1138. Otto participated in the Second Crusade; he lived through the journey and reached Jerusalem, and later returned to Bavaria in the late 1140s, living for another decade back in Europe.
Notable works: Chronica sive Historia de duabus civitatibus, Gesta Friderici I. imperatoris
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