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Otto, von Passau, active 1386

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Personal name headingOtto, von Passau, active 1386
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Variant(s)Passau, Otto von, active 1386
Otto, of Passau, active 1386
Otho, von Passau, active 1386
Otto, Passaviensis, active 1386
Othon, de Passau, active 1386
Ottone, di Passavia, active 1386
Otte, van Passau, active 1386
Beginning date1386
LocatedPassau (Germany) Basel (Switzerland)
AffiliationFranciscans
Found inHis Vierundzwanzig Alten, 1480 (first printed edition): caption to the prologue (von bruder Otten [Otto] von passowe [Passau])
OCLC, 4 October 2017: (APs: name consistently "Otto von Passau", variously "active 1386" [most records], "14. Jh.", "(-1265)" [error, 1 record], "active 1483" [error, 1 record], "zemr. 1390" [1 record])
Deutsche Biographie (online), 4 October 2017: overview (Otto von Passau; mentioned 1362-1385; Franciscan, author of a popular mystic devotional book; moralist; alternate forms of name include: Otho, von Passau; Otte, van Passau; Ottone, di Passavia)
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Neue deutsche Biographie, via Deutsche Biographie (online), 4 October 2017: (Otto von Passau; from some time before 1354 confessor to Hüglin von Schönegg (ca. 1330-86); in 1363 custodian of the Basel Minorites; in 1384 visitor and reformer to the Klarissenklosters Königsfelden; in 1385 conventual in Basel; the epilogue of his only known work Die vierundzwanzig Alten gives completion date of 2 February 1386, but the earliest manuscript is dated 1383)
Catholic encyclopedia (online), 4 October 2017: (Otto of Passau, known only by his work Die vierundzwanzig Alten oder der guldin Tron der minnenden Seelen, with preface dated February 1386, referring to himself as a member of the Franciscan Order, at one time lector of theology at Basle)
Incunabula short title catalogue, 4 October 2017: (Otto von Passau)
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, catalog, 4 October 2017: idn=1089324715 (Otto von Passau, lived in 14th century; other forms of name: Passau, Otto von; Othon de Passau; Ottone di Passau; Otto Passaviensis;
   <http://d-nb.info/gnd/1089324715) idn=119779226 (Otho, von Passau; from VD-16, the same author, giving working dates 1508-1596 based on dates of 16th-century editions; no reference to the form "Otto";>
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