Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.
ALTMANNO, saint. - A native of Westphalia, he studied in Paris and was a professor at Paderborn. Henry III appointed him provost of the chapter of Aachen and court chaplain, and in 1065 bishop of Passau. An intrepid champion of papal rights and a great reformer of monastic life and of the clergy, he was for this reason persecuted unto death.
He founded (1683) the Benedictine monastery of Göttweig. In 1074 he published Gregory VII’s bull against the concubinary clergy, and in 1076, together with Gerardo, archbishop of Salzburg, the excommunication against Henry IV. Forced to flee, he saw his see occupied by intrusive bishops. He came to Rome (1079), and the Pope chose him as his perpetual legate for Germany; he then lived in retirement at Göttweig. He died at nearby Zeiselmauer on 8 Aug. 1091 and was de-
(fsc. Alineri) ALTIERI, FAMILY - Façade of the A. palace, architect A. De Rossi (17th century) - Rome. (photo Ene. Catt.) ALTIERI, LUDOVICO - Portrait - Rome, Museo del Risorgimento.buried in the crypt of Göttweig, where he was venerated as a saint. He is absent from the Martyr. Romanum; the feast of A. was granted to the dioceses of Linz (1884) and Passau (1890).
BIBL.: The Vita, written by a monk of Göttweig (around 1130), was published by Wattenbach in MGH, Script., XII, pp. 216-43; Acta SS. Augusti, II, ed. Venezia 1735, pp. 356-89; BHL, 313-15; J. Stülz, Das Leben des Bischofs Altmann von Postau, Vienna 1853; A. Stonner, Heilige der deutschen Frühzeit, II, Friburgo in Br. 1935, pp. 82-106. Giuseppe Löw
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“ALTMANNO, SANTO.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), p. 570. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/altmanno-santo.
