Hetto

Hetti (* probably before 800; † May 27 847 ) was from 814 until his death Archbishop of Trier.

Life

The date of the ascent of the archbishop's chair after the death of Archbishop Amalharius Fortunatus is a document can only be assigned 814-816. Hetti comes from a noble family Austrasia. His sister was abbess Warentrud in Pfalzel. His nephew Grimald of White Castle was abbot of St. Gallen.

Before he became a bishop, he was abbot of Mettlach. In 816 he took part in the Synod of Aachen. As legate of the Emperor Louis the Pious and Archbishop of Trier, he called 817 the bishop of Toul Frothat kept on hand forces for a potential hostile array to Italy. 819, he called on the same bishop to watch over the imperial available for the pins. 832 he assisted at the consecration of St. Ansgar the Archbishop of Hamburg by Drogo of Metz. The foundation stone of the Koblenz Kastorkirche with the bones of Saint Castor of cards was one of the most significant events of his term.

He was buried in St. John's Chapel of Euchariuskirche near Trier. Among other things, he left behind a treatise for aspiring clerics.

Church foundations

• 836 St. Castor in Koblenz
• 836 St. Marzellinus and Peter - Church in Vallendar
• St. George's Church in Limburg