Berthold von Bussnang

Berthold von Bussnang (first mentioned in 1159; † May 22, 1183 in Konstanz ) was Bishop of Konstanz from 1174 to 1183 .

Live and act

Berthold came from the Thurgau Barons von Bussnang . His year of birth is unknown. In 1159 he was mentioned for the first time in a document from Hermann von Arbon . Before he ascended the bishop's chair, he belonged to the Konstanz cathedral chapter and from 1169/1170 held the office of provost . He has been bishop of Constance since April 9, 1175, but held his office only as an elect in the first four years and was not ordained bishop until the second half of 1179.

He took part in the 3rd Lateran Council in 1179 and received Emperor Friedrich I in Constance in 1179 and 1181.

During his reign as bishop, Berthold devoted himself mainly to judicial tasks and appeared particularly as a mediator in disputes over the ownership of churches and chapels as well as tithing .

While Berthold that of the June 1179 Bishop Berno of Schwerin completed consecration in Salem monastery could attend only as Elect, he took after he was temporarily ordained a bishop in December of that year, the consecration of the newly built after a fire in the church of the monastery Petershausen itself in front. In 1181 he accompanied Friedrich Barbarossa to Ulm and consecrated the Jakobuskirche on the market, which was sold in 1538. In November 1182 he also consecrated the newly built church of the Weingarten monastery . In 1180 Hartmann von Kyburg gave him the third part of Burg Weinfelden .

Bishop Berthold died on May 22, 1183 and found his final resting place in the Konstanz Minster .

literature

Helmut Maurer : The Bishops of Constance from the end of the 6th century to 1206 ( Germania sacra ; NF 42.1; The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The Diocese of Constance ; 5). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2003, ISBN 3-11-017664-5 , pp. 367-381. ( Digitized version )
Ursula Renate Weiss: The Bishops of Constance in the 12th century. A contribution to the investigation of the imperial episcopal position in the field of forces of imperial, papal and regional-diocesan politics . Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1975, ISBN 3-7995-6820-4 , pp. 127-132.

Web links

Helmut Maurer : Bussnang, Berthold von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

↑ Ursula Renate Weiss: The Bishops of Constance in the 12th century. A contribution to the investigation of the imperial episcopal position in the field of forces of imperial, papal and regional diocesan politics . Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1975, ISBN 3-7995-6819-0 , p. 129.
↑ Helmut Maurer: The Bishops of Constance from the end of the 6th century to 1206 ( Germania sacra ; NF 42.1; The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The Diocese of Constance ; 5). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2003, ISBN 3-11-017664-5 , pp. 371–374. ( Digitized version )

predecessor	Office	successor
Otto II of Habsburg	Bishop of Constance 1174–1183	Hermann von Friedingen

personal data
SURNAME	Berthold von Bussnang
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Berthold von Bußnag
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Constance (1174–1183)
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1159
DATE OF DEATH	May 22, 1183
Place of death	Constancy

[1] Ursula Renate Weiss: The Bishops of Constance in the 12th century. A contribution to the investigation of the imperial episcopal position in the field of forces of imperial, papal and regional diocesan politics . Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1975, ISBN 3-7995-6819-0 , p. 129.

[2] Helmut Maurer: The Bishops of Constance from the end of the 6th century to 1206 ( Germania sacra ; NF 42.1; The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The Diocese of Constance ; 5). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2003, ISBN 3-11-017664-5 , pp. 371–374. ( Digitized version )