Rachio

Rachio ( Rachion , Reccho , Retho , Ratho , Recho , Rachto ; died 815 ) was bishop of Strasbourg from about 783 to 815 .

Life

He was first abbot of Munster in the Gregoriental . He retained the office of abbot as bishop .

In 788 he donated a codex Canonum to the library of the Strasbourg Cathedral . This contained a collection of resolutions from various councils. He supplemented this with papal ordinances and letters. The codex burned with the Strasbourg City Library in 1870.

In a pamphlet from the St. Gallen monastery , he was described as a vain, pompous gentleman who would pride himself on his holiness. He is said to have transferred the relics of St. Florentius to the Niederhaslach collegiate church . It is not entirely clear whether the recorded year of his death, 815, is correct. He is said to have been buried in the church in Haslach.

literature

• Regests of the Bishops of Strasbourg. Vol. 1 Innsbruck, 1908 p. 229f.
• Ferdinand Heinrich Müller: The German tribes and their princes. Vol. 4 Gotha, 1861 p. 363