Atto ( German: Atto ; died in 810 or 811 ) - Bishop of Freising since 782.
| Atto | ||
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| him. Atto | ||
 Atto Freising | ||
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| 782 - 810/811 | ||
| Predecessor | Aribo | |
| Successor | Gitto | |
| Birth | ||
| Death | 810 or 811 | |
Biography
Atto was a native of Bavaria and belonged to the noble local family of Huosi . Even in his youth, becoming a monk, he showed himself in this field as an outstanding person. Thanks to this, in 763, the head of the Freising Diocese, Joseph of Verona, appointed Atto the abbot of the , founded by the bishop together with representatives of the Huosi clan. In this position, Atto in 769 also became rector of yet another abbey - , into whose submission the brethren of the Sharnitsky monastery were transferred. In the same year, Atto received a plot of land in San Candido from the Duke of Bavaria Tassilon III , where the was founded. The main task assigned by its founders to the monks of the new monastery was the Christianization of the Slavs living in Pustertal [1] [2] .
After Bishop of Freising Aribo was forced to give up his dignity in 782, Atto was elected the new head of the local diocese. However, his official approval for this position took place only in 783 or 784, that is, after the death of Aribo [1] [2] .
Under Atto, the administrative and church subordination of the Freising diocese was changed, which in 798 passed from the suffragan of the Mainz archdiocese into the newly formed Metropolis of Salzburg [1] .
At the time of the administration of the Atto diocese was the news of his founding in new Benedictine abbey. In 808, in exchange for land, the bishop received from the noble Bavarian Riphwin from the clan the estate . This gift was confirmed on May 4, 811 by Louis I the Pious [3] .
Bishop Atto passed away in 810 or 811. His relative in the episcopal department was his relative Gitto [1] [2] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Lins J. Munich-Freising // Catholic Encyclopedia . - New York, 1911. - Vol. ten.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Diploma of Tassilo III on the founding of the Innihensky monastery // Codex of the oldest written news about the Slavs. Volume II (VII — IX centuries) / Litavrin G.G. - M .: Oriental literature , 1995. - S. 424-426 . - ISBN 5-02-017809-8 .
- ↑ Schloß Burgrain (German) . Klapp U. Schloss Burgrain. Date of treatment August 6, 2018.
Literature
- Das Bistum Freising im Mittelalter // Geschichte des Erzbistums München und Freising / Maß J. - München, 1988 .-- Bd. 1.- ISBN 3-87904-153-9 .
- Kühebacher E. Kirche und Museum des Stiftes Innichen. - Athesia. - Bozen, 1993 .-- ISBN 978-8-8701-4721-6 .