Adalbero II (Metz)

Adalbero II (around 958 - December 14, 1005 ) was Bishop of Verdun in 984 (as Adalbero I) and Bishop of Metz from 984 to 1005 . His parents were Friedrich I , Duke of Upper Lorraine from the Wigeriche family , and Beatrix von Franzien , Hugo Capet's sister .

He was educated in the Gorze monastery and was intended to succeed Bishop Wikfried von Verdun. However, Hugo II was elected, who resigned after a year so that Adalbero could take office in 984. In the same year, on October 16, 984, he was appointed Bishop of Metz . He then left the diocese of Verdun to one of his relatives, Adalbero, a son of Gottfried the prisoner , Count of Verdun .

999 were in response to his complaint about annoyance from Saarbrücken Castle to the diocese of Metz from Emperor Otto III. The same castle and manor (including Völklingen , Quiiev and Warndt ) were given.

In Metz he promoted monastic reform and in Lorraine Cluny's influence . He also supported King Henry II against the marriages of some of his relatives. He founded the Saint-Symphorien Abbey in Metz , where he was also buried.

literature

Eugen Ewig : Adalbero II., Bishop of Metz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 41 ( digitized version ).
Musée de la cour d'or (ed.): Le chemin des reliques. Témoignages précieux et ordinaires de la vie religieuse à Metz au moyen age. Exhibition catalog. Serpenoise, Metz 2000 ISBN 2876924811 ; Chapter: Ivoire au nom d'Albéron by Jean-Pierre Caillet, pp. 56–58, with ill .: Plaque Albéron II, ivory, end of the 10th century.

Web links

Adalbero II. (Metz) on Saarland biographies

notes

↑ Regesta Imperii II, 3 n. 1312. Archived from the original on September 20, 2016 ; accessed on September 21, 2016 .
↑ Significant in terms of art history and theology, as a woman's figure with a vessel catches the blood of Christ on the cross, which is emerging from his side

predecessor	Office	successor
Hugo II	Bishop of Verdun 984	Adalbero II
Dietrich I.	Bishop of Metz 984-1005	Dietrich II of Luxembourg

personal data
SURNAME	Adalbero II
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Adalbero I (as Bishop of Verdun)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Verdun and Metz
DATE OF BIRTH	around 958
DATE OF DEATH	December 14, 1005

[1] Regesta Imperii II, 3 n. 1312. Archived from the original on September 20, 2016 ; accessed on September 21, 2016 .

[2] Significant in terms of art history and theology, as a woman's figure with a vessel catches the blood of Christ on the cross, which is emerging from his side