Arnold I. von Falkenberg

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Arnold I. von Falkenberg was Bishop of Speyer from 1054 to 1056.

Arnold I. von Falkenberg, also Arnoldus, probably came from the Falkenberg family . Falkenberg Castle was named after the headquarters . Arnold was provost in the Weißenburg monastery in Alsace , from 1038 abbot in Limburg near Bad Dürkheim . In 1051 he became Abbot of Corvey . He headed the monastery until 1053 and stood out in particular as a sponsor of the school system. In 1053 he moved to the Lorsch Abbey as abbot before becoming bishop in Speyer.

literature

  • Hans Ammerich : The Diocese of Speyer and its history , Volume 1: From the beginnings to the end of the Salier period (1125) ; Kehl am Rhein 1998; ISBN 3-927095-36-2 . P. 45.
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Ebeling: The German bishops until the end of the sixteenth century . Vol. 1, Leipzig, 1858 pp. 343f.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ PDF document on the history of Limburg Abbey
predecessor Office successor
Sigibodo Bishop of Speyer
1054-1056 		Konrad I.
Rudhard Abbot of Corvey
1051-1053 		Saracho
personal data
SURNAME Arnold I. von Falkenberg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arnoldus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Speyer
DATE OF BIRTH 10th century
DATE OF DEATH 11th century