Editing Anno II (section)

==Veneration==
[[File:Annoschrein Siegburg.JPG|thumb|Shrine in Michaelsberg Abbey, Siegburg]]
He was [[canonization|canonised]] in 1183 by [[Pope Lucius III]].<ref name=Oediger>Oediger, Friedrich Wilhelm, "Anno II Of Steusslingen", ''New German Biography'' 1 (1953), pp 304-306</ref>  He was a founder or co-founder of monasteries ([[Michaelsberg Abbey, Siegburg|Michaelsberg]], [[Grafschaft Abbey|Grafschaft]], [[St. Maria ad Gradus]], [[St. George's Church, Cologne|St. George]], Saalfeld and [[Affligem Abbey|Affligem]]) and a builder of churches, advocated clerical celibacy and introduced a strict discipline in a number of monasteries. He was a man of great energy and ability, whose action in recognizing Alexander II was of the utmost consequence for Henry IV and for Germany. He is the patron of gout sufferers.<ref name=dom/>

Anno was the subject of two important literary works, the Latin ''[[Vita Annonis Minor]]'', and the Middle High German ''[[Annolied]]''.