Feast February 9
Alto of Altomünster
Religious founder, patron of Diocese of Freising · Feast February 9
Biography
Alto, O.S.B., was a Benedictine abbot active in the Duchy of Bavaria during the mid-8th century. Tradition holds him to be the eponymous founder of Altomünster Abbey, around which a market town grew up, also called Altomünster. He is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church.
Feast day
February 9
Patronage
- Diocese of Freising
Death date
c. 760
Canonization status
Canonized
Feast month
2
Feast day of month
9
