Altfried
Saint Altfried († April 22, 849 ) was bishop of Münster and abbot of the monasteries Werden and Helmstedt . After the death of his predecessor Gerfried , Altfried was appointed third bishop of Münster in 839. Like Gerfried, he was a nephew of Liudger , the first bishop of Münster, and also wrote his biography, the Vita Liudgeri . In the same year Altfried, whose name means “noble protector” or “elf prince”, became the fifth abbot of Werden monastery. During his term of office the completion of the Liudgeridenkrypta of the monastery fell, in which he himself was buried after his death in the year 849.
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Altfrid. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 129.
- Heinrich Engel: Ruhr Christians. History and stories of Ludgerus and the Liudgeriden, of imperial abbots and pastors in Werden an der Ruhr. Schmitz, Essen 1997, ISBN 3-932443-04-7 .
- Herbert Grundmann : Altfrid. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 218 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Eberhard Kaus: To the Liudger-Viten of the 9th century. In: Westfälische Zeitschrift 142, 1992, pp. 9–55, ( digitized version (PDF; 26.02 MB) ).
Web links
Commons : Alfried von Münster - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Biography ( memento of October 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the Münster diocese
- Altfried in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Gerfried |
Bishop of Munster 839–849 |
Liutbert |
| Thiatgrim | Abbot of Werden and Helmstedt 839–849 |
Hildegrim II |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Altfried |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Altfrid |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Münster and abbot of the monasteries Werden and Helmstedt |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 8th century or 9th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 22, 849 |