Back أوتو فون فرايزنغ Arabic اوتو فون فرايزنج ARZ Ото Фрайзингски Bulgarian Otó de Freising Catalan Ota z Freisingu Czech Otto af Freising Danish Otto von Freising German Όθων του Φράιζινγκ Greek Otón de Frisinga Spanish Otto Freisingekoa Basque
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 |
| 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 carries 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.