Otto of Freising
Otto of Freising | |
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| Bishop of Freising | |
Otto of Freising, as depicted on a 13th-century stained glass window in the Cistercian Abbey of Heiligenkreuz, Austria | |
| Diocese | Freising |
| In office | 1138 – 1158 |
| Predecessor | Heinrich of Freising |
| Successor | Albert of Harthausen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1111 |
| Died | 22 September 1158 Morimond |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Otto of Freising (Latin: Otto Frisingensis; c. 1111 – 22 September 1158) was a German churchman of the Cistercian order and chronicled at least two texts which carry valuable information on the political history of his own time. He was the bishop of Freising from 1138. Otto participated in the Second Crusade; he lived through the journey and reached Jerusalem, and later returned to Bavaria in the late 1140s, living for another decade back in Europe.