Hatto or Otho I

tenth archbishop of Mentz. The time and place of his birth are unknown. In 888 he succeeded Rudolf as abbot of Reichenau, then one of the richest monasteries in Germany. He was in such favor with king Arnulf — thanks to his skill and utter want of principle-that he is said to have held at the same time eleven other abbeys. In 891 he was elected archbishop of Mentz: here he built a church to St. George, having obtained the head and another part of the body of the saint from pope Formosus! In August, 895, he presided at the Council of Tribur, where the emperor and 22 bishops were present. They voted 58 canons, mostly for the repression of crime. The 8th canon gives an idea of the power Rome held even at that period over the German churches: Honoremus sanctam romanam et apostolicam sedem, ut quce nobis sacerdotalis nutter est dignitatis, debeat esse nagistra

ecclesiasticce rationis quare.... licet vix frendum ab ilia sancta sede im ponatur jugum, conferamus et pia devotione toleremus. After Louis's death, in October, 911, Hatto was retained in the council of his successor, Conrad. Having departed on a journey to Rome, March 13, 913, he died a few days after of fever, according to one account; but, according to others, he was killed at the battle of Heresburg in January, 913. — Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. — Géneralé, 23, 539 sq.; Mabillon, Acta Sanct. Ord. Bened. 7, 118. (J. N. P.)