Walahfrid Strabo, Vita Otmari—The Life of Otmar

Matthieu van der Meer, Albrecht Diem

Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, June 2025

Albrecht Diem

History Department

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Albrecht Diem

Albrecht Diem, professor of history, contributed a chapter to “The Many Worlds of Otmar: St. Gall and European Monasticism from the 7th to the 9th Century.” The chapter, titled “Walahfrid Strabo, Vita Otmari—The Life of Otmar,” is an English translation of the Life of Otmar (Vita Otmari), the most important source on Otmar’s life and trial.