Otto van Cappenberg
German provost (1100–1171)
Who they were
Otto of Cappenberg was provost of Cappenberg Abbey from 1156 until his death, and godfather of the Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa. He is venerated as Blessed in the Roman Catholic Church. His feast is 23 February.
Summary translated from the German Wikipedia article Otto von Cappenberg (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
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
- Gottfried of Cappenberg Saint Brother or sister
- Heiligen.net (Fr Dries van den Akker SJ) - Otto van Cappenberg — Heiligen.net, the Dutch Catholic hagiography of Fr Dries van den Akker SJ, has a full entry: † 1171 Otto van Cappenberg Otto (ook Odo ) van Cappenberg o.praem., Cappenberg, Duitsland; norbertijn ; 1171. Feest 23 februa
- Wikidata Q99247 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.