Bardo (Mainz)

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Bardo (* 980 or 981 in Oppershofen ; † June 10 or 11, 1051 in Oberdorla ) was a monk in Fulda , abbot of Werden and Hersfeld and archbishop of Mainz .

Life

Bardo - so the two recent vitae about the monk, abbot and archbishop - was born as the son of Adalbero and Christina in Habprahteshoven in the district of Wettereiba . Habprahteshoven is the old form of the name of Oppershofen in the Wetterau and means "To the courtyards of Hadupracht". These courtyards were in the district of Oppershofen. The exact location is not known.

He received his spiritual training in the Fulda monastery , where he was elected dean under Abbot Richard von Fulda in 1018 and appointed provost of the Fulda provost of Neuenberg . At the end of March 1029, Emperor Konrad II visited the monastery; there was a first meeting between the provost and the ruler who appointed Bardo to head the Werden monastery (1029? -1031) at the end of 1029 or beginning of 1030 . The new abbot is said to have placed particular emphasis on the obedience of the monks and the maintenance of worship. Bardo's hospitality and care for the poor are also praised.

At the beginning of 1031, through the mediation of Empress Gisela von Schwaben , Bardo was appointed abbot of Hersfeld. Since Bardo's relationship with the Empress was mentioned in this context, he appears as a member of the Conradin family . Already at Pentecost 1031 (May 30th), after the death of Archbishop of Mainz Aribo (1021-1031), Bardo was appointed to the vacated archbishop's chair by his imperial patron Konrad and invested with ring and staff. His elevation to Archbishop of Mainz took place on St. Peter and Paul (June 29) in Goslar ; Bardo was no longer the abbot of Werden and Hersfeld.

As archbishop he was often around the rulers Konrad II and Heinrich III in the years up to his death . (1039-1056) to find: On November 11, 1036 he consecrated the newly built Mainz Cathedral in the presence of both Salians ; from August 24 to September 1, 1040 he took part in a campaign by Henry III. part against Bohemia ; in autumn 1043 he anointed Agnes of Poitou (approx. 1025-1077), the wife of Henry III., queen. Consecrations of churches and altars have been handed down, as has Bardo's influence in filling vacant bishoprics. At a synod taking place in Mainz in October 1049 , the participating bishops spoke in the presence of Henry III, Pope Leo IX. and Bardos against simony and priestly marriage. Archbishop and Emperor met again at Pentecost 1051 (May 19) in Paderborn . On his return journey to Mainz, Bardo fell seriously ill and died on June 10 or 11, 1051, not far from Fulda in Dorneloh , what is now Oberdorla in Thuringia . The entrails were buried in the church in Dorneloh , the body transferred to Mainz and finally buried in the Mainz Cathedral.

In the decade of the year he died, Bardo's two hagiographic biographies were written. The older one was commissioned by Bardo's archbishop's successor Luitpold and written by a chaplain named Vulkuld. The younger vita was written by an unknown monk in Fulda Abbey. Bardo's nephew of the same name, who would later become abbot of the Mainz Abbey of Sankt Alban , is considered a possible author .

Bardo is venerated as a saint in some German Catholic dioceses .

swell

  • Johann Friedrich Böhmer : Regesta archiepiscoporum Maguntinensium. Regesten on the history of the Archbishops of Mainz from Bonifatius to Uriel von Gemmingen. (742? -1514). Volume 1: From Bonifatius to Arnold von Selehofen 742? –1160. Wagner, Innsbruck 1877, S. L – LIV , 165–176 .
  • Johann Friedrich Böhmer: Regesta Imperii . 3: Salian house. 1024-1125. Part 1: 1024-1056. Department 1: The Regests of the Empire under Conrad II. 1024-1039. Revised after Johann Friedrich Böhmer with the help of Norbert von Bischoff von Heinrich Appelt .
  • Wilhelm Wattenbach (Ed.): Bardonis archiepiscopi Moguntini vita duplex. Vita auctore Vulculdo. In: Monumenta Germaniae Historica . Scriptores. 5: Scriptores (in folio). Volume 11. Hahn, Hannover 1854, pp. 317-321, ( digitized version ).
  • Wilhelm Wattenbach (Ed.): Bardonis archiepiscopi Moguntini vita duplex. Vita Bardonis maior. In: Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Scriptores. 5: Scriptores (in folio). Volume 11. Hahn, Hannover 1854, pp. 321-342, ( digitized version ).

literature

Web links

  • Bardo in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"
  • Bardo from Mainz page in the Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints

Remarks

  1. ^ Paul Görlich: Bardo - Abbot of Werden and Hersfeld, finally Archbishop of Mainz. In: My homeland. Vol. 38, No. 12, December 1998, ZDB -ID 555660-0 , pp. 61-64.
predecessor Office successor
Aribo Archbishop of Mainz
1031–1051 		Luitpold I.
Heithanrich Abbot of Werden and Helmstedt
1030-1031 		Gerold
Arnold Abbot of Hersfeld
1031 		Rotho
personal data
SURNAME Bardo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Archbishop of Mainz
DATE OF BIRTH around 980
PLACE OF BIRTH Oppershofen
DATE OF DEATH June 10, 1051 or June 11, 1051
Place of death Oberdorla