Adalbero of Augsburg

Adalbero , also Adelbero (* in Dillingen an der Donau ; † April 28, 909 in Augsburg ) was Bishop of Augsburg from 887 to 909.

It is stated that Adalbero received his education in the Ellwangen monastery , became a monk in this monastery and for a time held the abbot dignity in the same, but there is no historical reason for this.

When Bishop Witgar of Augsburg, Imperial Chancellor under Ludwig the German and Karl the Fat , died in 887 , Adalbero succeeded him in the episcopal see of Augsburg. Coming from a noble family (according to the common assumption from the family of the Dillinger counts ), the excellently talented and agile man soon became the favorite and influential advisor of King Arnulf , whom he accompanied to the imperial coronation in Rome in 895; Arnulf entrusted him with the education of his son Ludwig , whom Adalbero had baptized in 893 with Archbishop Hatto I of Mainz. Probably in May 895 (at the Synod of Trebur ) he was appointed abbot of the Lauresheim (Lorsch) monastery, which suffered from many ailments , but after a few years resigned from this office after he established the discipline, the monastery the right of had won free election of abbot and had given him considerable goods. It was mentioned for the last time in the year 900 in Lorsch documents.

Adelbero's position on king and empire was particularly influential under the young, mindless Ludwig the Child; he was almost seen as the real regent of the empire. Ludwig himself had childlike affection for him; for in solemn documents he calls him his faithful tutor, his spiritual father and teacher. In this position Adalbero died a year before Ludwig on October 4, 910.

Adalbero was highly educated in science and art; He was probably the bishop of that name, to whom Regino von Prüm dedicated his chronicle and sent it for inspection and examination; a trusted friend of the teachers in St. Gallen, he stayed with them for a week of festivities in 908 and left valuable gifts for their monastery; but in the art of music he surpassed his contemporaries.

literature

Placidus Braun : History of the bishops of Augsburg. Written chronologically and diplomatically and illuminated with historical remarks . Moy, Augsburg 1813/15 (3 vol., Here especially vol. 1, p. 151 f.).
Anton von Steichele : Adalbero (Bishop of Augsburg) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 51.
Friedrich Zoepfl : Adalbero. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 39 f. ( Digitized version ).
Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Adalbero. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 22. ( Article / beginning of article in the Internet archive )

Web links

Genealogy of the Franks - article "Adalbero"

Individual evidence

↑ "King Arnolf transfers the management of the Lauresham monastery to Bishop Adalpero von Augsburg, with the abolition of the monks' free election of abbots because of the complaints made by bishops and laypeople about the abuses in the monastery." Regesta Imperii RIplus Regg. B Augsburg 1 n.56 ( online ; accessed on November 5, 2016).

predecessor	Office	successor
Witgar	Bishop of Augsburg 887–909	Hiltin

personal data
SURNAME	Adalbero of Augsburg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Adelbero
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Augsburg
DATE OF BIRTH	9th century
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dillingen on the Danube
DATE OF DEATH	April 28, 909
Place of death	augsburg

[1] "King Arnolf transfers the management of the Lauresham monastery to Bishop Adalpero von Augsburg, with the abolition of the monks' free election of abbots because of the complaints made by bishops and laypeople about the abuses in the monastery." Regesta Imperii RIplus Regg. B Augsburg 1 n.56 ( online ; accessed on November 5, 2016).