Abbo II of Metz was the thirty-fifth

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of the

Diocese of Metz The Diocese of Metz ( la, Dioecesis Metensis; french: Diocèse de Metz) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France. In the Middle Ages it was a prince-bishopric of the Holy Roman Empire, a ''de facto ...

, following Landry of Metz. He is commemorated with a

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of 15 April. Abbo served as bishop from 697–707.

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Holweck, F. G. Frederick George Holweck (born Friedrich Georg Holweck; 29 December 1856 – 15 February 1927) was a German-American Catholic parish priest and scholar, hagiographer and church historian. Monsignor Holweck contributed some articles to the ''Catho ...

, ''A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints''. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co., 1924. 7th-century births 8th-century deaths Bishops of Metz 7th-century Frankish bishops 8th-century Frankish bishops 8th-century Frankish saints {{France-bishop-stub