Bernhard IV. To the lip

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Bernhard zur Lippe († April 14, 1247 ) was Bernhard IV. Bishop of Paderborn from 1228 to 1247 .

Bernhard comes from the family of nobleman Bernhard II zur Lippe and his wife Heilwig von Are and had a total of 10 siblings. Almost without exception, the children were earmarked for religious offices. From this family came 4 bishops and several nuns. But even the father Bernhard II entered a monastery in old age "with the consent of his mother".

Bernhard was a monk in the Marienfeld monastery in Harsewinkel (near Gütersloh ). At the age of 70 years he joined in 1211 the Livonia mission and became abbot in Dünamünde and bishop of Semigallia ( Selburg; episcopus Selonensis ). His brother Gerhard was first provost of Paderborn and became Archbishop of Bremen in 1219 . Bernhard was initially a prelate in Utrecht . His brother Otto zur Lippe was Otto II Bishop of Utrecht at the time. On August 1, there was an assassination of Bernhard's brothers. Bishop Otto II and Dietrich von Deventer were lured into an ambush by the burgrave of Coevorden and mutilated and killed in a swamp. As a result, the Paderborn bishop Wilbrand moved to the more important diocese of Utrecht and left the way free for Bernhard to take over the highest church office in Paderborn. Bernhard was consecrated in Bremen in 1228 by Archbishop Gebhard , who was also a brother of Bernhard.

In his new Paderborn diocese Bernhard was able to show very quick successes. In particular, he devoted himself to strengthening the monasteries in the region. Among other things, he drew the first Franciscans to the Pader .

During his pontificate, probably in the third decade, the cathedral tower collapsed and smashed 14 vaulted yokes. Bernhard IV had to sell real estate owned by the bishop's church to pay for the reconstruction costs. Bernhard was certainly able to use the reconstruction to realize his ideas.

Bernhard also modernized the constitutional structure of the diocese. The dissolution of the cathedral monastery and the introduction of the curiae and prebends for the canons , which are already common in other dioceses , made the cathedral chapters more attractive for applicants from other parts of the empire. However, the benefit economy was also given a boost with the new system .

The diocese was also reorganized under Bernhard IV. He created the eight archdeaconate districts Horhusen / Marsberg , Warburg , Driburg / Brakel , Höxter , Steinheim , Lemgo and the archdeaconate of the Dompropst and the Busdorfstift . He was also involved in founding the cities of Nieheim and Bielefeld .

Bernhard died on 14 April 1247 and was in the cathedral at Paderborn buried.

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  1. ↑ Brandt / Hengst 1984: 124
  2. ↑ See Brandt / Hengst 1984: 124
predecessor Office successor
Wilbrand of Oldenburg Bishop of Paderborn
1228–1247 		Simon I of Lippe
personal data
SURNAME Bernhard IV. To the lip
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bernhard IV of Paderborn; Bernhardus de Lippia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Paderborn
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 1247
Place of death Paderborn