Erp of Verden

Erp (Adelperio / Albertus) von Verden († February 19, 994 ), probably from the house of the Erpones , was Bishop of Verden from 976 to 993 .

Erp was provost of the cathedral in Bremen when he was appointed Bishop of Verden in 976 on the recommendation of Archbishop Adaldag of Hamburg-Bremen , a relative of the Billunger family . This intervention in favor of his cathedral canon makes it clear what interest the Billungers had in occupying the Verden bishopric that would suit them. The two immediate predecessors of Erps, the bishops Amelung (933-962) and Brun (962-976), were both from the Billunger family, and the diocese can almost be regarded as a house diocese of this family at this time.

literature

• Arend Mindermann (arrangement): Document book of the bishops and the cathedral chapter of Verden. Volume 1: From the beginnings to 1300 (= series of publications by the Stade Regional Association . Volume 13; Publication by the Historical Commission for Lower Saxony and Bremen . Volume 205). Landscape Association of the Former Duchies of Bremen and Verden, Stade 2001, ISBN 3-931879-07-0 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
• Jürgen Siemers: Erpo, a Verden bishop. In: Home calendar for the district of Verden 1994, ISSN  0948-9584 , pp. 43–47.

Web links

• Entry on Erp von Verden on catholic-hierarchy.org
• Erp von Verden, at Genealogy Middle Ages

predecessor	Office	successor
Bruno I of Saxony	Bishop of Verden 976–994	Bernhard II.