Dominicus (presbyter)
Dominicus lived in the 9th century, was a cleric, notary of King Ludwig the German and the first Christian missionary known by name in the East Franconian Principality of Moosburg at the Prince's court. His origin is not clear, Dominicus was probably from the East Franconian. Due to its church building in today's pilgrim village, the village is considered the oldest known community in Burgenland .
Notary at the court of Ludwig the German
In 837 Dominicus was a scribe to the Archkapellans Ludwig the German and Regensburg Bishop Baturich . After the death of the Frankish King Ludwig the Pious , the royal chancellery was reorganized. Abbot Ratleich von Seligenstadt became the new high chancellor and probably brought Dominicus with him to the chancellery. In a document dated December 10, 840, Dominicus can be proven for the first time as a notary of the Bavarian King Ludwig the German . The characteristics of his writing show him - at least indirectly - as a member of the writing school of the Abbey of Saint-Martin de Tours .
Missionary in the Moosburg Principality
From around 844 Dominicus worked as a priest at the court of Moosburg Prince Pribina , where he was initially subject to Pribina under separate church law . The Christian mission of the area was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Salzburg . In 836, the Salzburg bishop Liupram appointed the choir bishop Osbald for missionary affairs, with responsibility for the areas of Carantania and Pannonia . Osbald was most likely also active on the Moosburg , for example as the builder of the Moosburg Johanneskirche. Dominicus, who was at least formally subordinate to Osbald in missionary terms, came from the diocese of Regensburg . This led to a dispute between Pribina and the Salzburg bishop Liupram, which lasted until 850. In that year, Pribina and the archbishop signed a contract in which Liupram gave Dominicus permission to celebrate Mass and thus recognized his previous activities. For this purpose, Dominicus had to show a "letter of discharge" from the Diocese of Regensburg and was taken over into the jurisdiction of the Salzburg Church. Until his death he worked as a missionary to the Slavs of the Moosburg principality. In this function, the scholar Swarnagel from the diocese of Salzburg became his successor.
Landowner at Brunnaron
On September 15, 844, at the time when Dominicus came to the court of Pribina, he received from King Ludwig the German, at the request of Bishop Baturich and the Counts Pabo (dux of Carantania ) and Werner, from the ( usurped ) property of the cleric Ratpero, Surrendered goods to Brunnaron for colonization. The goods were located on the border of the Danube county of the East Mark prefect Ratpot and the county of Steinamanger Rihheris am Zöbernbach . This donation document is the first and only recorded mention of the County of Steinamanger under Count Rihheri.
Dominicus built the stone church "Ecclesia Minigonis" (Church of Dominicus) above the Roman cemetery. The remains of a Carolingian church found in 1975 when a school was demolished in the Burgenland municipality of Pilgersdorf are equated with the church building by Dominicus. Pilgersdorf is due to Dominicus' donation and the building of the church as the oldest known community in Burgenland .
Individual evidence
- ^ Paul Fridolin Kehr: The documents of the German Carolingians, 3. The documents of Arnulf (MGH Diplomata regum Germaniae ex stirpe Karolinorum 3) Berlin 1940, p. XXIV
- ↑ Pilgrim's Village. History. on the homepage http://www.pilgersdorf.at of the Pilgersdorf community
- ↑ Regest 1370 (Ludwig the German to Abbot Gozbald von Altaich) ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the Regesta Imperii website
- ^ Harry Bresslau: Handbuch der Urkundenlehre für Deutschland und Italien, Volume 1 Verlag De Gruyter, 1969, ISBN 978-3110012811
- ↑ Regest 1366 (Ludwig the German to the Neu-Korvey monastery) ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the Regesta Imperii website
- ^ Paul Fridolin Kehr: The writers and dictators of the diplomas of Ludwig the German in: "New archive of the society for older German history" 50, 1935
- ^ Herwig Wolfram: Salzburg, Bavaria, Austria. The Conversio Bagoarium et Carantanorum and the sources of their time , Verlag Oldenbourg, Vienna, Munich, Oldenbourg 1996, p. 196 ff.
- ^ Hans Wagner: Document book of Burgenland. The documents from 808 to 1270. Verlag Böhlau, p. 4
- ↑ RI I n. 1379 (gift of Ludwig the German to Dominicus) on the Regesta Imperii website
- ↑ Uta von Freeden, Herwig Friesinger, Egon Wamers (ed.): Faith, cult and rule. Phenomena of the Religious. Colloquia on prehistory and early history. Volume 12, Roman-Germanic Commission of the German Archaeological Institute, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-7749-3663-8 , p. 400 ff.
- ↑ The Romanesque church ruins of Pilgersdorf / Bgld on the website http://www.burgenkunde.at
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dominicus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Frankish clergyman and missionary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 9th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 9th century |
| Place of death | unsure: near Moosburg |