Engelhard (Naumburg-Zeitz)

Engelhard († April 4, 1242 ) was Bishop of Naumburg from 1206 to 1242 .

Life

Engelhard's ancestry is not known, possibly he came from Swabia, as his connections to the Ellwangen monastery suggest. Through Philip of Swabia , he came to the position of Bishop of Naumburg. It is possible that he was previously a clerk of the king's office and was installed in this office on All Saints' Day in 1206. After the dismissal of his predecessor Berthold II had been clarified, he was ordained a priest on Easter Sunday, April 21, 1207 by Albrecht I von Käfernburg and on the following day ordained bishop with his official brother Baldwin von Brandenburg .

As such, he devoted himself primarily to imperial politics, initially on the side of Philip of Swabia and, after his murder, on the side of King Otto IV. With the latter he moved to Italy. It is not known whether he participated in the crackdown on Frederick II during this time . It is only recognizable that he was in Otto IV's entourage until 1212. At the beginning of 1213 he seems to have taken the side of the Pope and the Archbishop of Magdeburg and switched to the side of Frederick II, whereupon Otto IV carried out a campaign of revenge through the diocese of Naumburg and devastated the districts there.

At the side of Friedrich II. He took part in the autumn campaign against the Saxons, set out on the Damiette crusade in 1217 and was represented by Auxiliary Bishop Konrad von Krosigk during his absence . In the spring of 1218 he returned to Germany and was often to be found in imperial affairs at the court of Frederick II. After Frederick II went to Rome in 1221, he followed this to Italy at the end of 1222. In 1223 he was back in Germany for regulatory affairs, often switching between the two areas on behalf of Innocent III. and Honorius III. Within his diocese he was not insignificantly involved in the disputes between the spiritual institutions and the Wettins .

Despite his duties outside his diocese, he did not neglect it. He was also active in spiritual matters outside his diocese, for example his work in the revival of the Würzburg Cathedral , at the burial of Archbishop Siegfried II von Eppstein on September 9, 1230 in Erfurt and at the consecration of Bamberg Cathedral on September 6. May 1237. In addition, he took care of the monasteries in his official area, in 1228 he founded the monastery in Crimmitschau , consecrated the newly founded Dominican nunnery in Cronschwitz in 1238 and promoted the reconstruction of the Naumburg Cathedral on the site of the original early Romanesque cathedral from the 11th century.

In old age Engelhard withdrew from imperial politics and devoted himself mainly to the completion of the Naumburg Cathedral. Engelhard probably found his final resting place in Naumburg Cathedral. However, his tombstone is no longer preserved today. A picture of him is on the so-called Apostle Festival in the west choir. Coins of him are known that show him in official costume and miter with changing insignia.

literature

• Heinz Wießner: The Diocese of Naumburg 1 - The Diocese 2 . In: Max Planck Institute for History (Ed.): Germania Sacra , NF 35,2, The Dioceses of the Church Province of Magdeburg . Berlin / New York 1998, pp. 790-801.

predecessor	Office	successor
Berthold II.	Bishop of Naumburg 1206–1242	Dietrich II of Meissen