Durand of Liege
Durand of Liège († 1025 ) was Bishop of Liège from 1021 to 1025 .
Life
He came from a servant family of the cathedral provost Gottschalk and was educated at the cathedral school in Liège because of his talent . Afterwards he taught the seven liberal arts in Bamberg . Later he was Chancellor Heinrich II. As early as 1004 he was one of the candidates for the office of bishop in the restored diocese of Merseburg .
Henry II also appointed him Bishop of Liege. The Provost Gottschalk, previously elected by the cathedral chapter, resigned the office in favor of Durand. He did not want to accept Gottschalk's church vow of obedience and said that he would never forget the obedience that he owed his worldly master.
Durand consecrated the church in Gembloux in 1022 . There was a dispute with Archbishop Pilgrim of Cologne over membership of the Burtscheid Imperial Abbey . An imperial assembly in Aachen decided in favor of Liège.
Like the other princes from Lower Lorraine , Durand initially stood on the side of Konrad the Younger in the 1024 election . On the occasion of Konrad the Elder's stay in Liège, he swore the oath of allegiance to him. In gratitude, he received the reign of Heerewaarden, which had been withdrawn from the bishopric.
He had temporarily claimed the monastery property of St. Laurent for the bishopric, but tried to repair the damage shortly before his death.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ulrich Knefelkamp: The Middle Ages: History at a Glance. Paderborn 2003, p. 124
- ↑ Michael Borgolte: The medieval church. Munich 2004, p. 43
- ↑ RI II, 4 n. 2040b , on regesta.imperii.de, accessed on February 14, 2013
Web links
- Walter Kaemmerer: Durand. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 201 ( digitized version ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Durand of Liege |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Liege |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 10th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1025 |