Heinrich II. (Augsburg)

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Heinrich II (origin and descent unknown; † September 3, 1063 ) was bishop of Augsburg from 1047 to 1063 .

Before his episcopal tenure, Heinrich II was a member of the court orchestra of Emperor Heinrich III. and from 1046 to 1047 head of the Italian chancellery in which the documents concerning the Italian parts of the empire were prepared. His career is thus typical of the Ottonian-Salian imperial church system . As Bishop of Augsburg , Heinrich was responsible for the expansion of the Augsburg Cathedral and the Episcopal Palatinate .

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predecessor Office successor
Eberhard I. Bishop of Augsburg
1047-1063
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