Henning Iven

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Henning Iven (* in Stolp ; † August 3, 1468 in Körlin an der Persante ; also Henning Iwen or Henning von Iven ) was a Roman Catholic theologian and from 1446 until his death Bishop of Cammin .

Life

Nothing is known about Henning Iven's childhood and youth, except that he comes from Stolp . For the first time he was canon of the Camminer cathedral chapter in 1441 and at the same time as chancellor of Duke Bogislaw IX. called from Pomerania -Stolp.

After the death of the previous bishop of Cammin, Siegfried II. Bock , in May 1446, Henning Iven was elected as his successor by the Camminer cathedral chapter in July 1446. Since he was the chancellor of Duke Bogislaw IX. it can be assumed that the duke supported his election. Henning Iven was confirmed by the Council of Basel , but not by Pope Eugene IV, who was in opposition to the Council . Because of this and the fact that Henning Iven lost his most important supporter with the Duke's death at the end of 1446, disputes arose between the designated Bishop and the clergy of the monastery as well as the most important city of the monastery area, the city of Kolberg under its mayor Hans Schlief . It was not until January 20, 1449 that Henning Iven was able to make peace with Kolberg and receive the homage after he had severely restricted the episcopal rights towards the city and expanded those of the estates .

Bishop Henning held diocesan synods in 1448 and 1454 . At the second synod on July 22nd, 1454, statutes regulating ecclesiastical relationships were enacted in Cammin. The focus of the 28 paragraphs was, among other things, measures against the moral decline within the clergy. These statutes are the only ones that have survived from Catholic times in the diocese of Cammin.

He was involved in the founding of the University of Greifswald in 1456 and favored it through his measures. In the founding privilege of Pope Calixtus III. he was appointed the university's first chancellor and, together with the Bishop of Brandenburg, its conservator. He entrusted Heinrich Rubenow with the duties of chancellor as vice-chancellor and with Hermann Slupwachter as the curator . Above all, he granted the university financial resources by setting up a cathedral monastery at Greifswald's Nikolaikirche , which was only to be filled with university professors. To the inauguration ceremony he carried the Pope's foundation bull with him.

In 1455 a renewed serious conflict broke out between the bishop and the city of Kolberg. The clergy had to flee from Kolberg. Kolberg troops devastated the cathedral courtyard and the villages of the cathedral chapter. The troops of the Pomeranian knighthood and Duke Erich II , who were allied with the bishop, attacked the city under the leadership of Dinnies von der Osten . They were beaten with heavy losses by the Kolberg troops led by Mayor Hans Schlief . It was not until the years 1466 to 1468 that a balance was reached between the bishop and duke on the one hand and the city of Kolberg on the other.

Henning Iven died in 1468 and was buried in Köslin . For a long time there was no clear successor to the Camminer bishop's chair: The Camminer cathedral chapter elected Ludwig von Eberstein as bishop, who ruled as a postulate until 1480, but was not recognized by the pope. In 1471 the Pope ordered the transfer of the Bishop of Warmia, Nikolaus von Tüngen , to Cammin. But Nikolaus von Tüngen refused and was ultimately able to stay in his office in Warmia. In 1479 the Pope finally appointed the Italian indulgence dealer Marinus de Fregeno as the new bishop, who took possession of his diocese on May 7, 1480.

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predecessor Office successor
Siegfried II. Bock Bishop of Cammin
1446–1468 		Ludwig von Eberstein (postulate)
personal data
SURNAME Iven, Henning
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Iwen, Henning; Iven, Henning von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Cammin
DATE OF BIRTH before 1443
PLACE OF BIRTH Stumble
DATE OF DEATH August 3, 1468
Place of death Körlin at the Persante