ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST
Saints celebrated on the 13th of August
VENERABLE OTHERIGUS, ARCHBISHOP OF MAGDEBURG
Venerable Otherigus, Archbishop of Magdeburg and monk of the monastery of Corvey, is also known as Othricus and Ottericus. Distinguished by both his learning and his virtues, he deserved, as Bucelin* says, to have become Adalbert's successor. Adalbert was the very first bishop of Magdeburg. However, Otherigus does not seem to be listed in the catalogues of the bishopric. He died on a journey to Rome in A.D. 986. (Bucel. Suppl.)
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 4, Augsburg, 1875, p. 638)
*A hagiography source used by the authors
Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations
Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org
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