Cyprian (Wroclaw)

Cyprian († November 16, 1207 ) was bishop of Lebus (1199) and of Breslau (1201–1207).

Premonstratensian Canon

Cyprian was possibly canon of the Premonstratensian Abbey of Cappenberg in Westphalia . In 1181 a Cyprian was named as canon in the Premonstratensian monastery in Seelau in Bohemia. In 1193 Cyprian was mentioned as the first abbot of the new Premonstratensian Monastery of St. Vincent in Breslau .

Bishop of Lebus

In 1199 Cyprian was named as Bishop of Lebus in a papal document. Further information at this time is not available.

Bishop of Wroclaw

After the death of Bishop Jaroslaw from Wrocław , Cyprian was elected his successor in 1201. As a bishop, he was one of the close companions of the dukes Henry I and Henry the Bearded , whose colonization efforts in Silesia he supported. In 1203, with his participation in Trebnitz, the first women's monastery in Silesia with Cistercian women was founded.

He was bishop of Breslau until his death in 1207. After his death he was allegedly buried in the monastery church of the Cistercian monastery Leubus .

literature

• Jan Copyc , in: Erwin Gatz (Ed.): The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire. 1198-1448. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-10303-3 , p. 108.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Siegmund Wilhelm Wohlbrück : History of the former Diocese of Lebus and the country of this taking. Volume 1. Berlin 1829 pp. 52-54
2. ↑ Waldemar P. Könighaus: The Cistercian Abbey Leubus in Silesia from its foundation to the end of the 15th century . Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 2004. p. 290
3. ↑ this is how a later message passed on, cf. Johann Heyne: Memories from the Church and Diocesan History of Silesia. From the introduction of Christianity in Silesia to Bohemian supremacy (966–1355). Breslau 1860, pp. 327–328 This is an unusual burial place for a bishop, but possible, some modern historians have therefore questioned this burial place

predecessor	Office	successor
Arnold	Bishop of Lebus 1196–1201	Lorenz I.
Yaroslav	Bishop of Breslau 1201–1207	Lorenz