Ermenrich von Ellwangen

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Ermenrich ( Ermanrich , Hermanrich ; * around 814; † 874 ) was the 11th Bishop of Passau from 866 to 874 .

Ermenrich, son of a Swabian noble family, was originally a Benedictine monk in Ellwangen . In Fulda he had been a student of Rabanus Maurus and Rudolf von Fulda , on the Reichenau of Walahfrid Strabo . He became a member of the court orchestra and was in close contact with the Archkaplan Grimald , in whose monastery St. Gallen he temporarily lived. He was held in high regard both as a scholar and as a writer. In addition to the vita of Sualo von Solnhofen, he wrote a vita of the founder of the Ellwang monastery, Hariolf , to what extent he contributed to the vita of St. Magnus von Füssen is unclear. In an extensive letter to Grimald, which was intended for a wider readership, he also showed knowledge of Greek and designed a planned but not preserved metric Vita S. Galli . The Collectio Pataviensis probably did not come from him.

In 866 he was installed as Bishop of Passau. During his tenure there were great efforts to incorporate newly Christianized areas in the east of the church organization of the Diocese of Passau. In 867 Ermenrich went to Bulgaria , where Khan Boris I had adopted Christianity in 864. The project failed, also due to the resistance of Pope Nikolaus I. Ermenrich, but at least because of his experiences there about the Greek East at the Imperial Synod in Worms in 868, it was possible to attract the special attention of the participants. In 870 Ermenrich took part in the proceedings of the Bavarian episcopate against the Moravian archbishop Method , which led to Methods being arrested. Ermenrich was then suspended three years later by Pope John VIII . Bishop Ermenrich died in 874.

Edition

  • Lettre à Grimald / Ermenrich d'Ellwangen. Ermenricus <Elwangensis> . Texts latin édité, traduit, annoté et introduit by Monique Goullet. Paris 2008 (Sources d'histoire médiévale / 37)

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  1. ↑ BHL 7925/6
  2. ↑ BHL 3754
  3. ↑ BHL 5162
predecessor Office successor
Hartwig Bishop of Passau
866–874 		Engelmar
personal data
SURNAME Ermenrich von Ellwangen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ermanrich von Passau; Ermenricus Elwangensis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Passau
DATE OF BIRTH at 814
DATE OF DEATH 874