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Alto of Altomünster

Index Alto of Altomünster

Alto, O.S.B., (died ca. 760) was a Benedictine abbot active in the Duchy of Bavaria during the mid-8th century. [1]

21 relations: Abbot, Altomünster, Altomünster Abbey, Augsburg, Bavaria, Birgitta, Calendar of saints, Catholic Church, Duchy of Bavaria, Eponym, Gospel, Hagiography, Hermit, Lectionary, Market town, Munich, Order of Saint Benedict, Otloh of Sankt Emmeram, Pepin the Short, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, Saint Boniface.

Abbot

Abbot, meaning father, is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity.

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Altomünster

Altomünster is a municipality in the district of Dachau in Bavaria in Germany.

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Altomünster Abbey

Altomünster Abbey (Kloster Altomünster) was a monastery in the small Bavarian market town of Altomünster.

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Augsburg

Augsburg (Augschburg) is a city in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany.

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Bavaria

Bavaria (Bavarian and Bayern), officially the Free State of Bavaria (Freistaat Bayern), is a landlocked federal state of Germany, occupying its southeastern corner.

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Birgitta

Birgitta is the Swedish and Icelandic form of the Irish Gaelic female name Brighid.

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Calendar of saints

The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Duchy of Bavaria

The Duchy of Bavaria (German: Herzogtum Bayern) was, from the sixth through the eighth century, a frontier region in the southeastern part of the Merovingian kingdom.

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Eponym

An eponym is a person, place, or thing after whom or after which something is named, or believed to be named.

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Gospel

Gospel is the Old English translation of Greek εὐαγγέλιον, evangelion, meaning "good news".

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Hagiography

A hagiography is a biography of a saint or an ecclesiastical leader.

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Hermit

A hermit (adjectival form: eremitic or hermitic) is a person who lives in seclusion from society, usually for religious reasons.

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Lectionary

A lectionary (Lectionarium) is a book or listing that contains a collection of scripture readings appointed for Christian or Judaic worship on a given day or occasion.

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Market town

Market town or market right is a legal term, originating in the Middle Ages, for a European settlement that has the right to host markets, distinguishing it from a village and city.

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Munich

Munich (München; Minga) is the capital and the most populated city in the German state of Bavaria, on the banks of the River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps.

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Order of Saint Benedict

The Order of Saint Benedict (OSB; Latin: Ordo Sancti Benedicti), also known as the Black Monksin reference to the colour of its members' habitsis a Catholic religious order of independent monastic communities that observe the Rule of Saint Benedict.

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Otloh of Sankt Emmeram

Otloh of St Emmeram (also Othlo) (c. 1010 – c. 1072) was a Benedictine monk of St Emmeram's in Regensburg, known as a scholar and educator.

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Pepin the Short

Pepin the Short (Pippin der Kurze, Pépin le Bref, c. 714 – 24 September 768) was the King of the Franks from 751 until his death.

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Munich and Freising

The Archdiocese of Munich and Freising (Erzbistum München und Freising, Archidioecesis Monacensis et Frisingensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Bavaria, Germany.

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Saint Boniface

Saint Boniface (Bonifatius; 675 – 5 June 754 AD), born Winfrid (also spelled Winifred, Wynfrith, Winfrith or Wynfryth) in the kingdom of Wessex in Anglo-Saxon England, was a leading figure in the Anglo-Saxon mission to the Germanic parts of the Frankish Empire during the 8th century.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alto_of_Altomünster

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