Emich I. (Worms)

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Emich I von Worms , also Emicho I († July 24, 1299 ) was Bishop of Worms from 1294 to 1299 .

Origin and family

He came from the Raugrafen family, which died out in 1457 (often also Raugrafen von Baumburg ) and was born the son of Raugraf Heinrich I and his wife Agnes von Saarbrücken, a daughter of Count Simon II of Saarbrücken . Some genealogists of the early 19th century sometimes also name the father brother Raugraf Ruprecht II. 1281 (Altenbaumburg line) and his wife Elisabeth von Hohenfels as parents.

Grave slab of the father, Raugraf Heinrich I († 1261), Rosenthal Abbey (Palatinate)

The Speyer bishop Konrad von Eberstein († 1245) and Eberhard IV. Von Eberstein († 1263), founders of the Palatinate monastery Rosenthal , were brothers of his grandmother Raugräfin Hedwig nee. von Eberstein ; the St. Hedwig and Queen Gertrude of Hungary whose cousins.

His father, Raugraf Heinrich I, was the founder of the Neu Baumburger line of the family. His life was overshadowed by a great tragedy, as he innocently got caught in a princely jealousy drama with a fatal outcome. He accompanied the Bavarian Duke Ludwig the Strict in 1255/1256 on a campaign and his wife Maria von Brabant addressed both letters, which were mixed up. Due to a misleading formulation in the letter handed out to the Duke for Raugraf Heinrich, the former suspected adultery of his wife and had her beheaded on January 18, 1256. As a result of these events, the life of Bishop Emich's father got out of hand and he died in 1261. The circumstances of his death are unclear, some sources claim that he was also a victim of Duke Ludwig's revenge, others report that he died as a monk .

The father's brothers were the Bishops of Worms Eberhard I and Friedrich I ; the mother had Count Friedrich II. von Leiningen and Bishop Heinrich II. von Saarbrücken as brothers.

Live and act

Emich entered holy orders and was in 1293 provost of Worms. In November of this year, the local Bishop Eberhard II von Strahlberg died . Thereupon the cathedral chapter elected Raugraf Emich unanimously as the new shepherd in 1294. He was confirmed by the Pope and received episcopal ordination from the Archbishop of Mainz, Gerhard II von Eppstein .

In Worms , quarrels had existed for a long time between the city patricians and the citizens and guilds. In this dispute, Bishop Emich took the side of the citizens and was thus able to bind the majority of the population to himself. He was very popular with the Worms - also because of his charity. The Raugraf tried to renew religious life and allowed the Carmelites and the Augustinians to settle permanently in Worms. We are currently reminded of this. a. nor the Karmeliterstraße and the Karmeliterschule . At the Marienkapelle he had donated in the Mainz suburbs, he founded a collegiate foundation for 12 clergymen in 1298 , which he supported as best he could. It is the later Liebfrauenstift , with the church that still exists there today. In the same year he gave his great cousin, Countess Agnes von Leiningen (wife Otto I von Nassau ) permission to found a monastery in Abenheim , the remainder of which is believed to be today's Klausenberg chapel.

In November 1298, Bishop Emich visited the Reichstag convened by King Albrecht I in Nuremberg . On his return he became seriously ill and died on July 24 of the following year.

According to the historians Friedrich Zorn (1538-1610) and Johann Friedrich Schannat († 1739) was Bishop Emich I. in the east choir of Worms cathedral , "before the panel" buried. According to his own will, he was not buried in expensive robes, but in a simple monk's habit. Friedrich Zorn reports about him in the Worms Chronicle :

" It is said of this Emichone that he was an honorable, pious man who did poor people a lot and distributed ample alms among them. "

- Friedrich Zorn († 1610): Worms Chronicle

The modern church historian Friedhelm Jürgensmeier characterizes Raugraf Emich I. as follows:

“ Bishop Emicho, who was already popular during his lifetime, was buried in a monk's habit. His piety and openness to the needs of the poor were praised "

- Friedhelm Jürgensmeier: The Diocese of Worms from Roman times to its dissolution in 1801 , Echter Verlag, Würzburg, 1997, p. 80

The Worms Bishop Heinrich III. von Daun († 1319) was his nephew and, as provost, was involved in founding the Liebfrauenstift in 1298.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Genealogical website of the University of Erlangen on the mother
  2. ↑ Carmelite Institute for Historical Regional Studies at the University of Mainz, accessed on June 18, 2017.
  3. ↑ Historical summary of the website of the Liebfrauenstift with Emichs named as the founder, accessed on June 18, 2017.
  4. ^ Website on the history of the Klausenberg Chapel
predecessor Office successor
Eberhard II von Strahlberg Bishop of Worms
1294–1299 		Eberwin I. von Kronberg
personal data
SURNAME Emich I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Emich I. von Worms; Emicho I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Worms
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH July 24, 1299