Heinrich I. (Lübeck)

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Heinrich I von Lübeck (* 12th century in Brussels ; † November 29, 1182 in Lübeck ) was ordained Bishop of Lübeck on June 24, 1173 .

Live and act

According to the chronicler Arnold von Lübeck , Heinrich was born in Brussels and came from the Flemish nobility. Trained in Paris, he first taught at the Hildesheim Cathedral School . He then worked as a teacher in Braunschweig (presumably at St. Blasius Cathedral). After a dream, he entered the Benedictine monastery of St. Aegidien as a monk in 1158 and was elected abbot Heinrich II there around 1162 . In 1172 he accompanied Heinrich the Lion and the Lübeck Bishop Konrad on the pilgrimage to Palestine. Heinrich demonstrated his rhetorical and diplomatic skills there when he negotiated with the Hungarian king about securing the routes on their journey. At the Byzantine court, too, he is said to have been a protagonist in a friendly debate about the essence of the Holy Spirit, because he had a good knowledge of the Greek language. He had succeeded in convincing the Greek theologians of his point of view. Bishop Konrad died on the way back while crossing to Tire .

Bishop of Lübeck

After his return, Heinrich was elected bishop as successor to Konrad by the Lübeck canons. On June 24th, 1173 it was consecrated by the bishops of Havelberg, Ratzeburg and Schwerin, in the presence of Duke Heinrich the Lion the foundation stone was laid for the Romanesque brick building of the Lübeck Cathedral . Shortly afterwards he founded the St. Johanniskloster , which was mentioned in a document around 1175 as existing. The first Benedictine monks of the monastery come from the Aegidienkloster in Braunschweig. In 1181, at the request of the citizens of Lübeck, he negotiated the transfer of the city to Emperor Friedrich . At his request, he was buried in the St. John's Monastery. About Heinrich and Duke Heinrich the Lion it was reported around 1290 in the story of Duke Heinrich, called the Lion and Abbot Heinrich, later Bishop of Lübeck , that the Duke gave him a holy blood relic for the St. John's Monastery. This relic came to the Aegidienkloster in Braunschweig in 1283.

Fonts

  • De processione Spiritus Sancti. undated

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Johann Peter Wurm: Heinrich von Brabant. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 328-329 .
  2. Dieter Lent: Heinrich (Woltorp?). In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 331 .


predecessor Office successor
Konrad I. von Riddagshausen Bishop of Lübeck
1172–1182
Konrad II.