Abbo II.

Abbo II. (Also Albo II.) (* In the 7th century; † 707 ) was Bishop of Metz from 697 to 707 .

Life

Abbo succeeded Saint Chlodulf and was ordained bishop (around February 18) in 697 . He died in the year 707 after he had headed the diocese of Metz for ten years. The martyrology of the Metz Cathedral puts his death on April 15th.

Individual evidence

↑ Entry on Complete Lexicon of Saints, Volume 1. Augsburg 1858, p. 3.
↑ Guy Halsall: Settlement and Social Organization: The Merovingian Region of Metz Cambridge University Press, 2002, p. 16, ISBN 9780521521895
^ Martin A. Claussen: The Reform of the Frankish Church: Chrodegang of Metz and the "Regula canonicorum" in the Eighth Century Cambridge University Press, 2005, p. 44, ISBN 9780521839310
↑ C. Priest: Abbon 7 . In: Dictionnaire de Biographie française . Vol. 1 (1932), Col. 81.

predecessor	Office	successor
Chlodulf	Bishop of Metz 697–707	Aptatus

personal data
SURNAME	Abbo II.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Metz
DATE OF BIRTH	7th century
DATE OF DEATH	707

[1] Entry on Complete Lexicon of Saints, Volume 1. Augsburg 1858, p. 3.

[2] Guy Halsall: Settlement and Social Organization: The Merovingian Region of Metz Cambridge University Press, 2002, p. 16, ISBN 9780521521895

[3] Martin A. Claussen: The Reform of the Frankish Church: Chrodegang of Metz and the "Regula canonicorum" in the Eighth Century Cambridge University Press, 2005, p. 44, ISBN 9780521839310

[4] C. Priest: Abbon 7 . In: Dictionnaire de Biographie française . Vol. 1 (1932), Col. 81.