St Otto

Soon after Otto became a priest he was asked to serve in the court of Emperor Henry IV, he later became the Chancellor for the Emperor, which means he helped the Emperor make decisions. Otto worked really hard to help the Emperor make good decisions for his people, but the Emperor made many bad decisions, even picking his own Pope because he didn’t like the decisions that the real Pope was making. Otto did the best job he could serving the Emperor and then his son Henry V, who really respected Otto and listened to his advice. Otto was made a Bishop and was asked by King Boleslaus III of Poland to go on a mission to bring the Good News of Jesus to some of his people in a country called Prussia. These people did not know God and Bishop Otto helped them to give their life to God. He brought Jesus to 20,000 people there and they were baptized. He started more than 20 monasteries, built lots of churches and worked really hard to heal the relationship between the King and the Pope.