Blessed Batho von Freising

Blessed Batho of Freising was an 11th-century missionary in the territory of the Diocese of Freising. His missionary work was centered in what is now Carinthia. According to a legend modeled after the New Testament, he fed converted pagans in Innichen with bread. Following his missionary activity, he served as chaplain to Bishop Ellenhard and as a canon at the collegiate church of St. Andrä in Freising. Batho was buried in the church of the St. Andrä collegiate foundation. In 1376, his remains were reinterred in the Ulrich Chapel and later in the choir of St. Andrä Church, where a side altar was erected in his honor. During the secularization in Bavaria, the collegiate foundation was dissolved and the church was demolished. At the auction of the inventory, a farmer from Nandlstadt acquired the altar and the shrine containing the relics. The relics are now located in the parish church of St. Martin in Nandlstadt. His feast day is July 30.