Dragonolf

Dracholf on a painting in the Fürstengang Freising

Heraldic panel of Dracholf in the Fürstengang Freising

Dracholf , also Drakolf and Dragulph , († 926 ) became Bishop of Freising after the devastating defeat of Bavaria against the Hungarians in 907 .

Dracholf, who comes from the East Franconian noble family of the Mattonen , was abbot of the Münsterschwarzach monastery before his appointment as Bishop of Freising . The bishop had Dracholf by King Konrad place Diebach (Neustadt) get paid. Dracholf succeeded Bishop Utto, who fell in the Battle of Pressburg . On July 30th 909 the Hungarians invaded Freising, on August 4th the churches of St. Stephen and St. Vitus.

His reputation as a "church molester" has to do with the economic plight of the diocese after the Hungarian invasions. In 926 Dracholf was killed on an army campaign against the Hungarians in the Danube vortex near Persenbeug .

literature

Kurt Reindel: Drakolf. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 101 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Dracholf in the person register of the Germania Sacra online

Individual evidence

^ Theodor H. Scherg: The Counts of the Mattonen and their religious foundations in Franconia, primarily Megingaudshausen in the Steigerwald and Schwarzach am Main. In: Studies and communications from the Benedictine and Cistercian orders. With special consideration of the order's history and statistics. Founded and published as a lasting reminder of the order's jubilee. Editor Dr. P. Maurus Kinter, OSB monastery archivist in Raigern. XXX. Born in 1909. Printed by the Raigerner papal Benedictine printing house in Brno. Self-published by the Benedictine and Cistercian orders. Pp. 162-179.

predecessor	Office	successor
Utto	Bishop of Freising 907 - 927	tungsten

predecessor	Office	successor
Ebbo	(Commendatar-) Abbot of Münsterschwarzach 918 - 926	( Alapold )

personal data
SURNAME	Dragonolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Freising
DATE OF BIRTH	9th century
DATE OF DEATH	926
Place of death	Freising

[1] Theodor H. Scherg: The Counts of the Mattonen and their religious foundations in Franconia, primarily Megingaudshausen in the Steigerwald and Schwarzach am Main. In: Studies and communications from the Benedictine and Cistercian orders. With special consideration of the order's history and statistics. Founded and published as a lasting reminder of the order's jubilee. Editor Dr. P. Maurus Kinter, OSB monastery archivist in Raigern. XXX. Born in 1909. Printed by the Raigerner papal Benedictine printing house in Brno. Self-published by the Benedictine and Cistercian orders. Pp. 162-179.