Otto of Freising
Austrian medieval chronicler
Feast: 22 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Otto, son of St Leopold of Austria and uncle of Frederick Barbarossa, studied at Paris and on his way home entered the Cistercians at Morimond, becoming abbot.
Called to be Bishop of Freising about 1138, he kept his monastic habit, founded and reformed monasteries and furthered learning. He died at Morimond on 22 September 1158.
The miracles
The Catholic Encyclopedia does not describe his cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Cistercian bishop and scholar.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Hugh of Saint Victor Saint Teacher
- Leopold III Saint Parent, Father
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Otto of Freising
- Wikidata Q435942 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Otto of Freising (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.