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Otfrid of Weissenburg(OTFRIDO DI WEISSENBURG)Vol. IX, p. 287 OTFRIDO di WEISSENBURG. - Benedictine monk, b. in Alsace about 790, d. 870. A disciple of Rabano Mauro, later head of the cloister school of Weissenburg, he…
Othniel (Heb. 'Othniel')(OTHONIEL (EBR. 'OTHNIEL'))Vol. IX, p. 287 OTHONIEL (Heb. 'Othniel'). - Judge of Israel, son of Cenez and brother of Caleb. He conquered Cariath Sepher and obtained his cousin Axa as his wife (Ios. 15,…
Otlo, of Saint Emmeram(OTLONE (OTLOH) DI SANT'EMMERANO)Vol. IX, p. 287 OTLONE (OTLOH) of SANT'EMMERANO. - Monk and scholastic of the monastery of S. Emmerano in Ratisbona, who lived between 1010 and 1070. Among his writings,…
Otranto, Archdiocese of(OTRANTO, ARCIDIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 287 OTRANTO, ARCHDIOCESE OF. – City and archdiocese in the province of Lecce. It has a population of 187,941 inhabitants, almost all Catholics, distributed among…
OtricoliVol. IX, p. 288 OTRICOLI. — Ancient diocese in Umbria, in the province of Terni, situated along the route of the Via Flaminia on a hill overlooking the valley of the Tiber.…
Ottaviano of Monticelli (Da Montecelio, Near Tivoli)(OTTAVIANO DI MONTICELLI (DA MONTECELIO, PRESSO TIVOLI))Vol. IX, p. 293 OTTAVIANO DI MONTICELLI (da MONTECELIO, near Tivoli). - Antipope under the name of Vittore IV (in fact he should have been V). Son of Giovanni Maledetto, of…
Ottawa, Archdiocese of(OTTAWA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 293 OTTAWA, ARCHDIOCESE of. — In the province of Ontario, Canada. The archdiocese has an area of 13,000 square miles and a population of 376,000 inhabitants, of…
Ottaziano, PorfirioVol. IX, p. 294 OTTAZIANO, PORFIRIO. - When the Emperor Costantino celebrated his vicennalia in 325, he received as a gift from an exile, Publius Optatianus Porfirius, a…
Otto I, Emperor and King of Germany(OTTONE I, IMPERATORE E RE DI GERMANIA)Vol. IX, p. 300 OTTONE I, EMPEROR and king of Germany. — The Saxon dynasty had been so firmly established in Germany through the work of Enrico I that his son O. was able to…
Otto II, Emperor and King of Germany(OTTONE II, IMPERATORE E RE DI GERMANIA)Vol. IX, p. 301 OTTONE II, EMPEROR and king of Germany. — Crowned emperor at Rome in 967, while his father was still alive, he succeeded him at the age of eighteen. Better…
Otto III, Emperor and King of Germany(OTTONE III, IMPERATORE E RE DI GERMANIA)Vol. IX, p. 301 OTTONE III, EMPEROR and King of Germany. - O. III was only 3 years old when he succeeded his father, Otto II; (from G. Ladner, I ritratti dei Papi…
Otto of Passau (Passau)(OTTONE DI PASSAVIA (PASSAU))Vol. IX, p. 302 OTTONE di PASSAVIA (PASSAU). - Franciscan, moralist writer. Very little certain information is available about his life. He was lector at the convent of…
Otto, Bishop of Bamberg, Saint(OTTONE, VESCOVO DI BAMBERGA, SANTO)Vol. IX, p. 299 OTTONE, bishop of BAMBERGA, saint. — Born in 1062–63 to a family from Mistelbach (Franconia), he died on 30 June 1139 at Bamberga. He was initially at the…
Otto, Bishop of Freising(OTTONE, VESCOVO DI FRISINGA)Vol. IX, p. 300 OTTO, bishop of FREISING. — Celebrated historian of Frederick Barbarossa, b. between 1111 and ’15, son of Margrave Leopold III of Austria and Agnes, daughter…
Otto, RudolfVol. IX, p. 299 OTTO, RUDOLF. – Protestant theologian and philosopher of religion, born at Peine (Hannover) on 25 September 1869, died at Marburg on 7 March 1937. Privatdozent…
OttobeurenVol. IX, p. 299 OTTOBEUREN. - Benedictine abbey near Memmingen in Bavaria. It was founded in 764 by Bl. Toto, who died about the year 815, and dedicated to the martyr St.…
Ottonian Art(OTTONIANA, ARTE)Vol. IX, p. 303 OTTONIAN ART. — Ottonian art is defined as the Germanic art of the tenth century and of the first twenty-five years of the eleventh century and, with many…
Oturkpo, Apostolic Prefecture of(OTURKPO, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)Vol. IX, p. 303 OTURKPO, APOSTOLIC PREFECTURE. — It is situated in the central-eastern part of Nigeria. It was established on 9 July 1934 under the name of the Apostolic…
