Saint Arbeo of Freising (also Aribo, Arbo, or Arpeo, in Latin Heres, a direct translation of Arbeo) (723 AD or earlier near Meran – 4 May 784) was an early medieval author and the Bishop of Freising from 764.
Arbeo is thought to have been a scion of the Huosi noble dynasty in the stem duchy of Bavaria. He may have been the child which, according to his own hagiography, Saint Corbinian rescued from the floodwaters of the Passer river near Meran. Arbeo was raised by Corbinians's brother Erembert and prepared for an ecclesiastical career, becoming a member of the Benedictine Order. At first a priest and notary under Bishop Joseph of Freising and official of the episcopal chancery, he was appointed abbot of the newly founded monastery of Scharnitz in 763. One year later he succeeded Joseph as Bishop of Freising.
