Andreas from Wislica

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Andreas von Wislica († August 11, 1356 in Avignon ) was named after the place Wiślica . As the first foreign bishop , he obtained the episcopal see in Schwerin through papal power in 1348 .

Life

As a young, energetic and legally educated pastor in Wislica, Andreas made it up to the court chaplain of the Polish King Władysław I. Ellenlang . In 1322 he became the king's administrator at the papal court in Avignon. By commission of the Pope he was allowed to assume the dignity of provost in Posen on June 17, 1322 , a canonical in Breslau on June 9, 1326 , another in Gniezno on February 26, 1327 and another in Cracow in 1334 . He was named secretary in Avignon in 1329 and in Posen in 1330.

On February 19, 1347 by Pope Clement VI. Provided as Bishop of Posen , Andreas was ordained a priest and by the Cardinal Bishop Bertrand du Pouget on March 5, 1347 bishop. In the spring of 1347 he returned to his home diocese. Since the bishop's chair in Posen had been given to Albert Paluka through the election of the cathedral chapter with the episcopal ordination, Bishop Andreas was transferred to Schwerin on March 17, 1348. The Schwerin Electus Willekin Pape died on March 2, 1348 in Avignon.

From September 1348, Bishop Andreas was to be found in Mecklenburg for a short time, but he appointed capable vicars general to represent him worthily in the diocese. He devoted his main activity to the fight against the Bülows, the relatives of his two predecessors, who had confiscated almost all of the monastery property as a pledge for money lent and services rendered. In order to be able to lead this fight with success, he let the dispute over Rügen rest for the time being by assuring the city of Stralsund that he would not do anything against it for the time being. He quickly returned to Avignon in order to improve the conduct of the litigation in order to regulate the still unsatisfactory conditions in the diocese of Schwerin. From there he led the fight for the lost and pledged bishopric goods from 1349 to 1351. The great costs that these efforts caused, without achieving their goal, brought him into conflict with the inmates of the monastery, for example with the abbot of Doberan, who refused to provide the bishop with the money he asked for.

In the autumn of 1355, Bishop Andreas returned to Avignon, where he died before August 11, 1356 at the papal court and was buried there.

seal

Bishop Andreas wore two seals .

In the parabolic seal from 1348, the Mother of God sits under a richly decorated canopy, with two angels holding the crown. She carries the Christ Child on her left arm. On both sides of the Gothic pillars hangs a shield with the bishop's personal coat of arms , a horn. At the feet of the Blessed Mother, in a small niche, a right-facing bishop with miter and staff.

The inscription reads: S 'ANDREE. DIVINA. ET APLIE. SEDIS. PROVIDENCIA. EPI: TWERINES

The round secret seal from 1353/54 is badly damaged. It shows only the coat of arms of the bishop, a cross-legged horn on the gated seal field. The completed transcription reads: (S) ECRE (T. AND) REE. (EPI). ZWERINE (N).

literature

  • Grete Grewolls: Andreas von Wislica . In: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania 2011.
  • Grete Grewolls: Andreas von Wislica . In: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania 1995 p. 17.
  • Margit Kaluza-Baumruker: The Schwerin Cathedral Chapter (1171–1400). Cologne, Vienna 1987.
  • Josef Traeger : Andreas von Wislica, 1348–1356. In: Ders .: The bishops of the medieval diocese of Schwerin. Leipzig 1984 pp. 83-85.
  • Alfred Rische: Directory of the bishops and canons of Schwerin with biographical remarks. Ludwigslust 1900.
  • FW Ebeling: The German bishops up to the end of the 16th century . Volume II. Leipzig, 1858.
  • Bernhard Hederich: Directory of the bishops of Schwerin . In: Gerdes useful collection 1737.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Diocesan Archives in Poznań
  2. ^ Gerhard Sappok: The beginnings of the diocese of Posen and the series of its bishops from 968 to 1498 . (Dissertation 1937 Breslau) Graefenhainichen 1937. S. 118 ff.
  3. ↑ Mecklenburgisches Urkundenbuch MUB X. (1877) No. 7396.
  4. ↑ MUB XVI. (1893) No. 7903.
  5. ↑ MUB X. (1877) No. 6881.
  6. ↑ MUB X. (1877) No. 6993. Banishment of the von Bülow brothers
  7. ^ Alfred Rische: Directory of the bishops and canons of Schwerin. 1900 p. 16.
  8. ↑ Seal Booklet No. 181, No. 383.
predecessor Office successor
Willekin Pape Bishop of Schwerin
1348–1356 		Albrecht von Sternberg
personal data
SURNAME Andreas from Wislica
BRIEF DESCRIPTION bishop
DATE OF BIRTH 13th century or 14th century
DATE OF DEATH August 11, 1356
Place of death Avignon