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Otfrid of Weissenburg (OTFRIDO DI WEISSENBURG)
Benedictine monk, b. in Alsace around 790, d. 870. A disciple of Rabanus Maurus, then head of the monastic school of Weissenburg, author of an Evangelical… -
Othoniel (OTHONIEL)
Judge of Israel, son of Kenaz and brother of Caleb. He conquered Kiriath-sepher and obtained in marriage his cousin Achsah (Josh. 15:13-19; Judg. 1:12-15). He… -
Otlo, of Saint Emmeram (OTLONE (OTLOH) DI SANT'EMMERANO)
Monk and scholastic of the monastery of St. Emmeram in Regensburg, who lived between 1010 and 1070. Among his writings mention should be made of the Dialogus… -
Otranto, Archdiocese of (OTRANTO, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
City and archdiocese in the province of Lecce. It has a population of 187,941 inhabitants, almost all Catholics, distributed in 59 parishes served by 142… -
Otricoli
Ancient diocese in Umbria, in the province of Terni, situated along the route of the Via Flaminia on a hill dominating the Tiber valley. The Umbrian center of… -
Ottaviano of Monticelli (Da Montecelio, Near Tivoli) (OTTAVIANO DI MONTICELLI (DA MONTECELIO, PRESSO TIVOLI))
Antipope under the name Victor IV (in reality he should be V). Son of Giovanni Maledetto, of the Monticelli family, related to the royal families of Spain and… -
Ottawa, Archdiocese of (OTTAWA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
In the province of Ontario, Canada. The archdiocese has an area of 13,000 square miles with a population of 376,000 inhabitants, of whom 338,000 are Catholics… -
Ottaziano, Porfirio
When the emperor Constantine celebrated the vicennalia in 325, he received as a gift from an exile, Publius Optatianus Porfirius, a member of high society, a… -
Ottobeuren
Benedictine abbey near Memmingen in Bavaria. It was founded in 764 by Bl. Toto, who died around the year 815, and dedicated to the martyr St. Alexander; after… -
Otto, Bishop of Bamberg, Saint (OTTONE, VESCOVO DI BAMBERGA, SANTO)
Born in 1062-63 into a family of Mistelbach (Franconia), died on 30 June 1139 at Bamberg. He was at first at the court of Wladislaw, duke of Poland, then… -
Otto, Bishop of Freising (OTTONE, VESCOVO DI FRISINGA)
Celebrated historian of Frederick Barbarossa, b. between 1111 and 1115, son of Margrave Leopold III of Austria and of Agnes, daughter of Henry IV, d. at… -
Otto I, Emperor and King of Germany (OTTONE I, IMPERATORE E RE DI GERMANIA)
The Saxon dynasty had established itself so effectively in Germany through the work of Henry I that his son O. had been able to succeed him at the age of 24… -
Otto II, Emperor and King of Germany (OTTONE II, IMPERATORE E RE DI GERMANIA)
Crowned emperor in Rome in 967, while his father was still alive, he succeeded him at the age of 18. More educated than his father, but sensual, vain and… -
Otto III, Emperor and King of Germany (OTTONE III, IMPERATORE E RE DI GERMANIA)
O. III was not yet 3 years old when he succeeded his father, Otto II; nevertheless he was crowned a few days later, at Christmas of 983. His minority, which… -
Ottonian Art (OTTONIANA, ARTE)
"Ottonian art" is the name given to the German art of the 10th century and the first twenty-five years of the 11th century and, with many qualifications, to… -
Otto of Passau (Passau) (OTTONE DI PASSAVIA (PASSAU))
Franciscan, moralist writer. Very few facts about his life are certain. He was a lector in the convent of Basel. On 2 February 1386 he finished his only known… -
Otto, Rudolf
Protestant theologian and philosopher of religion, b. at Peine (Hanover) on 25 Sept. 1869, d. at Marburg on 7 March 1937. Privatdozent (1897), then… -
Oturkpo, Apostolic Prefecture of (OTURKPO, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
It is located in the central-eastern part of Nigeria. It was erected on 9 July 1934 under the name of the apostolic prefecture of Benue (v.), changed to O. on…