Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Otho, Marcus Salvius Roman emperor, successor, after Galba, of Nero, b. in Rome, of an ancient Etruscan family settled at Ferentinum, 28 April, A.D. 32; d. at Brixellum on the Po, 15 April, 69. He led a profligate life at the court of Nero. As husband of the courtesan Poppæa Sabina he was sent for … Continue reading “Otho, Marcus Salvius”

Otho, Julius Conrad (originally Naphtali Margalita), a distinguished German Orientalist, belonged to a very ancient Jewish family, distinguished for its great learning and Talmudic lore, of which five members have united with the Christian Church. Naphtali Margalita was born at Vienna Sept. 12 1562, and joined the Church in 1603 at Altona, where he was … Continue reading “Otho, Julius Conrad”

Otho, Johannes Heinrich a noted Swiss Hebraist, was born April 15, 1651, at Berne, in Switzerland. He received his education in his native place, went in 1669 to Lausanne, thence to Saumur, Orleans, Paris, and Oxford. In 1673 he returned to his native country, was appointed public teacher of philosophy at Lausanne, where he died, … Continue reading “Otho, Johannes Heinrich”

Otho IV OF GERMANY ruled from 1198 to 1218. but he played no part worthy of special mention here. He was crowned by Innocent III in 1209, but on account of the occupation of the papal territory was visited with the ban by this same pope, and thus crippled in his power he found it … Continue reading “Otho IV”

Otho III OF GERMANY, son of the preceding, was emperor from 983 to 1002. He was born in 980, and was crowned at Aix-la-Chapelle first and at Rome in 996, whither he had been called by pope John XV to quell the insurrection of Crescentius, a remarkable character of the Middle Ages, who aspired to … Continue reading “Otho III”

Otho II OF GERMANY, son of the preceding, and ruler from 973 to 983, deserves no special notice at our hand. He was largely engaged in suppressing sedition at Rome, and in settling the interminable strife of the Italian princes. He was intent in the latter part of his reign in collecting a large army … Continue reading “Otho II”

Otho I (or the Great) OF GERMANY, next to Charlemagne the greatest European prince of the Middle Ages, noted alike in secular and ecclesiastical history in the former for his valuable service to German unity and influence, and in the latter for the support he gave to the papacy, and for the independence which he … Continue reading “Otho I”

Otho, Georg a distinguished German Orientalist, was born at Sattenhausen, near Cassel, in 1634. He became professor and librarian at the University of Marburg, and died in that city May 28, 1713. Besides a large number of academical discourses, and Latin essays on various points of philosophy and of Biblical exegesis, he wrote, Oratio funebris … Continue reading “Otho, Georg”

Otho And Otto Of Freising(en) a noted German monastic who; attained to high ecclesiastical offices, and was one of the crusaders, was a nobleman by descent. The date of his birth is not exactly known; it is supposed to be Dec. 5, 1109; some, however, put it in 1108. He was the third son of … Continue reading “Otho And Otto Of Freising(en)”

Otho Otho is the name most often given to Marcus Saluius Otho, who, on becoming Emperor, was styled Imperator Marcus Otho Caesar Augustus. He was the younger son of Lucius Saluius Otho and Albia Terentia, and was born on 28th April, a.d. 32. From his earliest youth he was distinguished for effeminacy and profligacy, and … Continue reading “Otho”