Rasso
Sign in to saveSaint Rasso of Andechs (also Rasso of Grafrath, Graf Ratt, Ratho, Grafrath, Rasso von Andechs) () was a Bavarian count and military leader, pilgrim, and saint. He was the count (Graf) of Dießen-Andechs, leading the Bavarians against invading Magyars in the tenth century. No contemporary Vita of Rasso has survived and various legends arose around his cult in the late Middle Ages. However, there is no reason to doubt that there existed a count named Rasso who fought against the Magyars in the 950s.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 14
Top works
- Stockholm
- Arizona
- Süd- und Mittel-Finnland
- Finnland
- Norwegen
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 32
- Total plays
- 66
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Rasso">Read more on Last.fm</a>
via Last.fm · Rasso
~2 min read
Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Veneration
- Notes
- External links
Saint Rasso of Andechs (also Rasso of Grafrath, Graf Ratt, Ratho, Grafrath, Rasso von Andechs) () was a Bavarian count and military leader, pilgrim, and saint. He was the count (Graf) of Dießen-Andechs, leading the Bavarians against invading Magyars in the tenth century. No contemporary Vita of Rasso has survived and various legends arose around his cult in the late Middle Ages. However, there is no reason to doubt that there existed a count named Rasso who fought against the Magyars in the 950s.
As a middle-aged man, he went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and Rome, where he collected relics, returning to found a Benedictine abbey at Wörth, later named Grafrath after him.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rasso” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Available in 6 languages
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0