Balderich (Speyer)

Balderich , also Balther , Baltherus , Balzo or Balther von Säckingen (* before 950; † April 15, 986 or April 15, 987 ) was Bishop of Speyer from 970 until his death .

Balderich attended the convent school in St. Gallen and was then a monk in the dissolved even in the 10th century monastery of Lord than double monastery founded Fridolin pin in Säckingen , where he life story of Fridolin of Säckingen wrote.

He became Bishop of Speyer in 970 and took part in the Battle of Cotrone in 982 , in which Emperor Otto II lost the dispute with the Saracens for rule over southern Italy . Balderich was the teacher of Walter von Speyer , a later bishop of Speyer.

literature

Baltherus Seckinganus: Fridolin - the holy man between the Alps and the Rhine: e. German Fridolinsleben, printed in Basel around 1480 . Ed .: Wolfgang Irtenkauf . Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1983, ISBN 3-7995-4044-X .
Gerd Althoff : Noble and royal families in the mirror of their memorial tradition. Studies on the commemoration of the dead of the Billunger and Ottonians. Munich 1984, p. 297 B 26 ( Digi20 ).
Karl Uhlirz : Yearbooks of the German Empire under Otto II and Otto III. 1st volume. Leipzig 1902, pp. 177 and 180 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Individual evidence

^ Sinéad O'Sullivan: Early medieval glosses on Prudentius' Psychomachia . The Weitz Tradition (Middle Latin Studies And Texts). In: Middle Latin Studies and Texts . tape 31 . Brill Academic Pub, Boston 2004, ISBN 978-90-04-13804-9 , pp. 11 (English, 381 pages, limited preview in Google Book Search).

predecessor	Office	successor
Ottgar	Bishop of Speyer 970–986	Rupert

personal data
SURNAME	Balderich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Balther; Baltherus; Balther von Säckingen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Speyer
DATE OF BIRTH	10th century
DATE OF DEATH	April 15, 986 or April 15, 987

[1] Sinéad O'Sullivan: Early medieval glosses on Prudentius' Psychomachia . The Weitz Tradition (Middle Latin Studies And Texts). In: Middle Latin Studies and Texts . tape 31 . Brill Academic Pub, Boston 2004, ISBN 978-90-04-13804-9 , pp. 11 (English, 381 pages, limited preview in Google Book Search).