Heinrich Bock (auxiliary bishop)

Coat of arms of the Principality of Speyer

Heinrich Bock (* around 1395 in Cologne ; † October 14, 1443 in Speyer ) was a Carmelite priest , titular bishop of Myra and auxiliary bishop in the prince-bishopric of Speyer .

Live and act

According to the historian Hermann Joseph Hartzheim , he came from a noble family named Bock and entered the Carmelite monastery in Cologne around 1420 . In 1422 he was transferred to the Carmelite Monastery of Speyer as a lecturer . Heinrich Bock soon took over the management of the convent as prior .

In the spring of 1426, the Speyer bishop Raban von Helmstatt appointed him his auxiliary bishop and he was confirmed by Pope Martin V as titular bishop of Myra. Bock later remained in this position under Bishop Reinhard von Helmstatt and held it until his death. In the Roman documents he is listed as Henricus de Colonia (Heinrich von Köln).

I.a. he founded in 1426 in Speyer Karmeliterkloster a Sebastianus - Brotherhood and built for a chapel whose altar he consecrated. He died in Speyer in 1443 and was buried in the Carmelite Church there. According to traditional epitaphs, he was a master and doctor of theology.

His successor as Carmelite Prior in Speyer was Petrus Spitznagel , who in 1444 also took over the office of Speyer Auxiliary Bishop.

literature

Klaus Militzer: Cologne clergy in the Middle Ages: Men , Volume 91 of: Messages from the city archive of Cologne, Cologne, 2003, p. 126, ISBN 3928907123 ; (Detail scan)
Wilhelm Heinrich Hubert Gulik, Patrick Gauchat: Hierarchia catholica medii aevi , Volume 2, Münster, 1914, p. 194; (Digital scan)
Hermann Joseph Hartzheim : Bibliotheca coloniensis , Cologne, 1747, p. 115 (digital scan)
Father Daniel of the Virgin Mary: Speculum Carmelitanum , Volume II., Part 5, p. 926, Antwerp, 1653; (Digital scan)
Cosme de Villiers de Saint-Etienne: Bibliotheca Carmelitana , volume 2, column 920, Orleans, 1752; (Digital scan stating the place of birth)

Individual evidence

^ Franz Xaver Remling : Documentary history of the chemical abbeys and monasteries in what is now Rhine Bavaria , Volume 1, Neustadt / Haardt, p. 219; (Digital scan)

personal data
SURNAME	Heinrich Bock
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Henricus buck
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Auxiliary Bishop in Speyer, Carmelite
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1395
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cologne
DATE OF DEATH	October 14, 1443
Place of death	Speyer

[1] Franz Xaver Remling : Documentary history of the chemical abbeys and monasteries in what is now Rhine Bavaria , Volume 1, Neustadt / Haardt, p. 219; (Digital scan)