Godesdiu

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Godesdiu (also Gedesdiu, Godesti ) († 1041 / 1042 ) had been in 1002 abbess of the ladies Herford Abbey and founder of the stylus on the mountains . It is possible that she was abbess at Metelen Monastery before .

Life

She came from the Billunger family and was the daughter of Duke Bernhard I and sister of Duke Bernhard II.

It is not entirely clear whether she is identical with the abbess of Metelen of the same name. In Metelen an abbess with the name Godesdiu was 993 by Otto III. appointed abbess. On the occasion of the donation of a court near Beckum to the cathedral monastery in Münster , two other sisters were named.

In Herford she was the successor of Imma II, who also belonged to the Billunger family. This should not be confused with a sister of Godesdiu also with the name Imma, who was also a canoness in Herford and who was mentioned in a document from Otto III. mentioned.

During her time as abbess, the monastery was attacked and robbed by her brother Thietmar . He had to answer to a synodal assembly chaired by Bishop Meinwerk in Paderborn and had to vow to repent.

At a place near the monastery a few decades earlier, an apparition of Mary had taken place during the time of Abbess Imma I. the place has been a destination for pilgrimages ever since. In 1011 she founded a new women's monastery at this point, the Stift auf dem Berge, which was primarily intended to accommodate women from the lower nobility. As the founder of the monastery, she was expressly mentioned in a document from Bishop Bernhard I von Oesede from 1151. Her gifts as well as those of their successors were confirmed in the text. In the collegiate church an inscription recalls the founder.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ RI II, 3 n.1079, in: Regesta Imperii Online (accessed October 17, 2015).
  2. ^ Wilhelm Kohl : The cathedral monastery in Münster. Vol. 1 Berlin, New York 1987 p. 510.

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personal data
SURNAME Godesdiu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Godesti, Gedesdiu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Abbess of the women's monasteries in Herford and Metelen
DATE OF BIRTH 10th century
DATE OF DEATH 1041 or 1042