Busso X. from Alvensleben

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Busso X. von Alvensleben (* 1468 ; † May 4, 1548 in Wittstock ) was a Catholic ecclesiastical diplomat and from 1523 to 1548 as Busso II. Bishop of Havelberg .

Life

Busso X. von Alvensleben, Bishop of Havelberg

He came from the Lower German nobility family of Alvensleben and was the third son of Gebhard XVI. von Alvensleben, a Brandenburg councilor and lord of the castle in Kalbe (Milde) and Hundisburg , and Hippolyta von Bülow. Like his cousin Busso VIII von Alvensleben , he received a scientific education at the University of Leipzig (1488) and from 1492 in Bologna , where from 1496 Nikolaus Kopernikus from Thorn (registered as "Dom. Nicolaus Kopperlingk de Thorn") also studied. In 1498 he became the "Procurator of the German Nation" in Bologna, d. H. elected to represent the German students. In 1504 he received his doctorate in both rights there .

In 1508 he became canon of Magdeburg and as such was entrusted with various diplomatic missions. In 1513 he prepared the election of Albrecht of Brandenburg as Archbishop of Magdeburg and administrator of the Halberstadt diocese. In 1514 he obtained papal approval in Rome for the election of the Archbishop of Magdeburg, Albrecht, as Elector of Mainz and the connection of both archbishoprics in one hand.

In 1515 Busso became provost of Brandenburg , provost of Salzwedel and Stendal . As governor of the often absent Cardinal Albrecht in Magdeburg, he completed the building of the cathedral there in 1520 . On the advice of Pope Leo II , he was one of the organizers of the sale of indulgences , which triggered Luther's theses to be published in Wittenberg in 1517 .

In 1523 he became bishop of Havelberg. Preferably he resided in the bishop's castle in Wittstock and on the Plattenburg . When Elector Joachim II of Brandenburg joined the Reformation in 1539 , Busso prevented until his death on May 4, 1548, the introduction of the Brandenburg church order in his diocese, which was decided in 1540.

He was the last Catholic bishop in Brandenburg and was buried in front of the high altar of St. Mary's Cathedral in Wittstock. His tombstone was lost after renovation work in the 1920s. As a bishop, he put on a collection of relics and valuable church utensils - based on the model of the Halle sanctuaries, Cardinal Albrecht.

Works

(after Johann Christoph Adelung : continuation and additions to Christian Gottlieb Jöcher's general scholarly lexico . 1784)

  • Missale ecclesiae Havelbergensis . 1506.
  • Librum statutorum ad clerum suae diocesis . 1528.

portrait

  • Woodcut in George Gottfried Küster: Martin Friedrich Seidel's picture collection . Verlag des Buchladen bey der Real-Schule, Berlin 1751, p. 21

literature

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predecessor Office successor
Hieronymus Schulz Bishop of Havelberg
1522–1548 		Friedrich II of Brandenburg
personal data
SURNAME Alvensleben, Busso X. from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Busso II. (Name as Bishop of Havelberg)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Havelberg
DATE OF BIRTH 1468
DATE OF DEATH May 4, 1548
Place of death Wittstock / Dosse