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HATTO II, ARCHBISHOP OF MAINZ

Hatto, Archbishop of Mainz. From the ''Nuremberg Chronicle'' (1493). Hatto is depicted being eaten alive by mice, as described in the Mouse Tower legend.

'Hatto II' was the archbishop of Mainz from 968 to 970.
While in office, he built the church of St George on the island of Reichenau, donated heavily to the abbeys of Fulda and Reichenau, and was a patron of the chronicler Regino of Prüm.

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Mouse Tower - legend about the cruelty of Hatto II.

Popiel, for a similar legend



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