Otto of Freising, German bishop and chronicler (born c. 1114)

Otto of Freising

Bishop of Freising from 1138 to 1158

Otto of Freising 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…