Bishop of Passau. Most noted today for his staunch support of clerical celibacy. He also promoted the Cluniac reform, established religious houses for canons regular, and was a papal legate. Altmann died in 1091.
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- Blessed Altmann Short biography of the eleventh-century bishop of Passau, driven from his see for enforcing Pope Gregory VII's call for clerical celibacy.
- Altman Profile of the bishop and reformer.