Boso, a native of Bavaria, was a Benedictine monk of Saint Emmeram's in Regensburg, from where he was summoned to the court of Otto I, who, considering the conversion of the lately subjugated Wends indispensable to the security of the German Empire, sent Boso to convert them to Christianity.
Boso, an inhabitant of Bavaria, was a Benedictine monk at Saint Emmeram's in Regensburg. He was brought before Otto I by the German Emperor, who believed that converting the recently subdued Wends would be vital for the empire's safety and entrusted Boso with this task.