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Name:	Otto of Freising
Birth Date:	c. 1114
Death Date:	September 22, 1158
Nationality:	German
Gender:	Male
Occupations:	philosopher of history, historiographer

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The German historiographer and philosopher of history Otto of Freising (ca. 1114-1158) was the first chronicler to treat religious and political events with artistic skill and vivid color and to depict them in their temporal as well as their...

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c. 1111-1158 German bishop and historian who furnished the first written mention of the Prester John legend. Otto was present at a meeting in 1145 between Hugh of Jabala and Pope Eugenius IV when Hugh related the story of "a certain John, a king...

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Otto von Freising (Otto Frisingensis) (c. 1114 in Klosterneuburg – September 22, 1158) was a German bishop and...

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Otto of Freising

About 5 pages (1,494 words) in 3 products