Erpo (Worms)

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Erpo , also Erpho († October 3, 999 in Rome , Italy) was 999, for a short time, appointed Bishop of Worms .

Life

Erpo came from a noble family in the Saxon area and was funded in Halberstadt , which is why he is often called Erpo von Halberstadt . He belonged to the imperial court orchestra , held the office of court chaplain , was with Emperor Otto III. befriended and accompanied him on his second train to Italy.

In 998, the emperor appointed him as supervisor and reorganizer of the secular Farfa monastery in the Sabine mountains north of Rome . After the death of Worms Bishop Franko († September 4, 999 in Rome) Otto III determined him. on October 1, 999 to his successor. However, he died just two days later in Rome and was buried in Farfa. The Worms chronicler Friedrich Zorn (1538–1610) handed down the grave inscription.

On the return trip from Italy to the north, Emperor Otto III. in December 999 the grave of his friend Erpo in the Farfa monastery.

In the vita of Bishop Burchard von Worms , written by an unnamed chronicler around 1030 , it says about Erpo:

“ After the death of Bishop Franko, there were all kinds of petitioners who addressed the emperor about the bishopric. From them a certain Erpho was honored with episcopal dignity. But he didn't see the fourth day after that. For he died on the third. "

- Vita of Bischofs Burchard , around 1030, in: Wormatia Sacra (commemorative publication on the 900th anniversary of Bishop Burchard's death), Dompfarrei Worms, 1925, p. 16

literature

  • Michael de Ferdinandy : The holy emperor. Otto III. and his ancestors. Wunderlich, Tübingen 1969, p. 437 u. 440, (detail scan)
  • Albrecht Finck von Finckenstein: Bishop and Empire. Studies on the integration process of the Ottonian-Early Salian Empire (919-1056) (= Studies on Medieval Studies. Vol. 1). Jan Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1989, ISBN 3-7995-5301-0 , p. 37 u. 216, (detail scans) .
  • Josef Fleckenstein : The court chapel of the German kings. Volume 2: The court chapel as part of the Ottonian-Salian imperial church (= writings of the Monumenta Germaniae historica. 16, 2). Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1966, p. 115, (detail scan) .
  • Friedhelm Jürgensmeier : The diocese of Worms. From Roman times to its dissolution in 1801 (= contributions to the history of the Mainz church. Vol. 5). Echter, Würzburg 1997, ISBN 3-429-01876-5 , p. 24.
  • Friedrich Zorn: Worms Chronicle (= library of the literary association in Stuttgart. 43). With the additions of Franz Berthold von Flersheim, edited by Wilhelm Arnold . Literary Association, Stuttgart 1857, p. 36 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Date according to Michael de Ferdinandy: The Holy Emperor. 1969, according to other sources as early as early September
  2. ↑ Website of the Farfa Monastery (select German language)
  3. ^ Henry Mayr-Harting : Ottonian book illumination. An historical study. Volume 2: Books. Harvey Miller, London 1991, ISBN 0-905203-90-9 , p. 164, (detail scan ) .
  4. ↑ Michael de Ferdinandy: The holy emperor. 1969, p. 440.
predecessor Office successor
Free Bishop of Worms
999 		Razo
personal data
SURNAME Erpo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Erpho; Erpo of Worms; Erpo from Halberstadt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Worms
DATE OF BIRTH 10th century
DATE OF DEATH October 3, 999
Place of death Rome , Italy