Friedrich von Wangen

Miniature of Bishop Friedrich von Wangen from the Codex Wangianus Minor

Federico Wanga (* around 1175 , † 6. November 1218 in Acre , Galilee ) was a prince bishop of Trento and creator of the later named after him Kopialbuches Codex Wangianus .

Life

Friedrich von Wangen came from an empire-free Tyrolean noble family from the Vinschgau , which was related to the most influential families in the Alpine region. His father Albero I of Burgeis , he dives depending on the source as Adalbero I., took in the 1170s, the additional name of cheeks and Burgeis on after in the Sarntal north of Bolzano in the same name on the western slopes of the Ritten located Spots on her cheeks. Friedrich von Wangen's date of birth must also fall during this period.

Nothing is known from Friedrich's childhood and youth; he probably attended a monastery or cathedral school . In 1197 he appears as canon and in 1200 as dean of Brixen .

On August 9, 1207, the cathedral chapter of Trento elected him bishop after the bishop's seat had remained vacant for two years after the resignation of Bishop Konrad II von Beseno. The election of Wangen should restore the diocese to its former glory, as the politics of his predecessor had encountered many opponents in the last years of office and Konrad left the diocese in turmoil. His choice found the support of Pope Innocent III. and Albert III. Counts of Tyrol and Vogt of Trient with whom there were close family ties.

The election followed on November 4, 1207, the handover of the regalia by King Philip of Swabia in Nuremberg and the entry into his bishopric two weeks later on November 18. At the beginning of 1209 he was finally bishop ordained .

As a prince-bishop, he mainly took on secular tasks, acquired castles, awarded fiefs and established the rights of the bishop in the city of Trento and the surrounding area. In the first two years of his tenure, he mainly consolidated his power. In February 1208 in Bolzano he staked out his competencies for the county of Bolzano , which had ruled together with the Count of Tyrol since 1170 . A few weeks later he acquired parts of Castel Beseno , one of the symbols of power of his predecessor Conrad II and his family.

In the summer of the same year he rearranged the mountain shelf of the diocese, which was one of the oldest in the Holy Roman Empire and with which he regulated in particular the silver mining on Monte Calisio northeast of Trento, which provided the corresponding financial basis for the implementation of his policy.

With this income Friedrich also financed his busy work as a builder in Trento. During his tenure, he had his bishop's palace rebuilt, the Palazzo Pretorio , built the city tower named after him, Torre Vanga , and laid the foundation stone for the new construction of the cathedral .

During his term of office, the settlement of remote areas in the bishopric of Trento fell through the influx of German-speaking settlers who were supposed to make the land arable and which Friedrich promoted as well as the settlement of German miners for the silver mines , which had already started under Bishop Konrad II .

He was also active outside of his dominion. In January 1209 he had Otto IV strengthen his rights and in September 1212 he accompanied Friedrich II on his journey to the coronation of the king in Germany. On February 16, 1213 he was appointed Imperial Vicar for Northern Italy in Regensburg .

In 1215 he began to compile the copy book Liber Sancti Vigilii known as Codex Wangianus, in which the possessions and rights of the bishop with regard to individual places, towns, castles and officials were listed in detail.

In November of the same year he took part in the work of the Fourth Lateran Council .

At the request of Pope Honorius III. he set out for the Holy Land in 1218 to take part in the Fifth Crusade , and died on November 6, 1218 in Acre, Galilee, in an unknown way. Friedrich von Wangen was buried in the church of St. Mary, which belonged to the hospital of the same name operated by the Teutonic Order in Akkon.

literature

• Emanuele Curzel (Ed.): Il codice Vanga. Un principle vescovo e il suo governo. Provincia Autonoma di Trento, Trient 2007, ISBN 978-88-7702-209-8  ( formally incorrect ) (Italian).
• Emanuele Curzel: Federico Vanga. La sua storia. In: Marco Collareta, Domenica Primerano (ed.): Un vescovo, la sua cattedrale, il suo tesoro. La committenza artistica di Federico Vanga (1207-1218). Tipografia Editrice Temi, Trient 2012, ISBN 978-88-97372-39-4 (Italian).
• Marco Stenico: Il codice minerario. In: Emanuele Curzel (ed.): Il codice Vanga. Un principle vescovo e il suo governo. Provincia Autonoma di Trento, Trient 2007, ISBN 978-88-7702-209-8  ( formally incorrect ) (Italian).

Web links

Commons : Friedrich von Wangen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Emanuele Curzel: Federico Vanga. La sua storia pp. 17-18
2. ↑ Family Relations of von Wanges , accessed October 13, 2017.
3. ↑ Emanuele Curzel: Federico Vanga. La sua storia p. 22
4. ↑ Marco Stenico: Il codice minerario p. 27
5. ↑ Emanuele Curzel (Ed.): Il codice Vanga. Un principe vescovo e il suo governo p. 9
6. ↑ Emanuele Curzel: Federico Vanga. La sua storia p. 20
7. ↑ Friedrich von Wangen's biography (in Italian), accessed on October 17, 2017

predecessor	Office	successor
Konrad II of Beseno	Bishop of Trento 1207–1218	Adalbert III. by Ravenstein