ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY
Saints celebrated on the 23rd of February
OTTO, ABBOT
Otto (Otho), a biological brother of Count Gottfried von Cappenberg, initially an opponent of the new foundation, soon afterwards became its most zealous patron, and himself entered the Order of Saint Norbert. He donated the Ilbenstadt monastery (Ilbenstadt Kloster), which he then headed as its first superior. (The monastery was only dissolved in 1803.) Later he transferred to Cappenberg and was the honourable head of this monastery for 18 years. He died in A.D. 1182 and was buried opposite his brother Gottfried at the high altar (III. 360).
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 4, Augsburg, 1875, p. 651)
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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