Bertrando d'Arvazzano

Bertrando d'Arvazzano (also Bertrandus de Arvassani or Arvesano alias Ferrariensis ; * in Ferrara ; † after July 27, 1402 ) was Prince-Bishop of Paderborn 1399-1401 and briefly titular bishop of San Leone ( Santa Severina in Calabria , Italy ).

Life

Bertrando most likely descends from the Lombard family d'Arvazzano in the northern Italian city of Ferrara (now Emilia-Romagna ). After studying law and obtaining a doctorate as Dr. decretalium , Bertrando was active in the papal palace in Rome as auditor causarum for the curia . He had the benefice of a canon at the bishopric of Ravenna .

Pope Boniface IX strove in his spirit to end the great western schism and sought the appointment of followers loyal to him in the empire . Bertrando was born on 22 February 1399 by Rome for the Paderborn diocese, succeeding Bishop John I appointed. It was unique in the history of the Paderborn diocese that an Italian should take over the office. Accordingly, Rome accompanied the assumption of office with caution. Key figure was from Nieheim originating Paderborn cleric Dietrich of Nieheim . Dietrich was now Bishop of Verden an der Aller and previously Abbreviator and scriptor of the papal chancellery and thus a Roman colleague of Bertrando. Bishop Dietrich was supposed to ensure that all income from the episcopal property was put aside until Bertrando's arrival. On March 14, 1399, the Florentine merchant Pietro Mardelle had the apostolic chamber pay the appropriate amount for taking possession of the diocese.

It was not until the end of 1399 that Bertrando moved across the Alps with his brothers Nicola (Canon of Ravenna) and Giovanni. Apparently the translator was Arnold Rynen , a cleric of the Archdiocese of Mainz . After the papal decision was announced, the estates of the prince-bishopric made a negative decision about the Italian bishop. The privileges that Bishop Bernhard V had given the estates should also be recognized by the new bishop. In a process that was unique in the history of the diocese, they agreed on the election of the then 17-year-old Wilhelm von Berg as the new sovereign. On May 17, 1399, Wilhelm swore the Bernhardi privilege .

In the meantime, Bertrando and his small entourage arrived on October 28, 1399 at the gates of Paderborn . Contrary to expectations, the city of Bertrando allowed entry. The Canon Volkmar granted him lodging in the Brenk Curia . His episcopal appointment document was signed before the cathedral chapter. However, he was still not allowed to take over national rule. In the meantime, Bishop Bertrando was exercising ecclesiastical functions, such as approving the statutes of the Kalands Brotherhood in Büren and granting an indulgence of 40 days for its members or approving altar foundations in Warburg (January 1400). Bertrando to the Count of had already on November 24, 1399 but under the protection Everstein to the castle Dringenberg withdraw because the country stands still refused the bishop. In July 1400 he repeatedly asked the cathedral chapter to submit to him and, in particular, to hand over the Neuhaus Castle . The young Wilhelm von Berg was already sitting here, however, whose uncle Ruprecht von der Pfalz received the German royal crown on August 21, 1400. Strengthened in power politics, Wilhelm Bertrando had Bertrando arrested in Dringenberg and detained in Neuhaus. Bertrando felt compelled to repeal the interdict against the cathedral chapter and to renounce Paderborn as bishop. With two horses and twenty guilders travel money he was given freedom.

Even before the official resignation on January 31, 1401, the Roman Curia gave him the Italian diocese of San Leone in Calabria (Archdiocese of Santa Severina ) as compensation on November 5, 1400 . But Bertrando also had no luck in southern Italy. He could not prevail against the local competitor either. On July 27, 1402, Bertrando led a legal dispute over a benefit in the diocese of Ferrara.

On this date, Bertrando's trail is lost.

literature

• Hans J. Brandt, Karl Hengst: The bishops and archbishops of Paderborn . Paderborn 1984, pp. 172-174, ISBN 3-87088-381-2 .

Web links

• Entry on Bertrando d'Arvazzano on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on August 2, 2016.

predecessor	Office	successor
Johann I of Hoya	Prince-Bishop of Paderborn 1399 - 1401	Wilhelm I. von Berg