Heinrich II of Nauen

Heinrich II. Von Nauen at the main building of the University of Rostock (19th century)

Heinrich II. Von Nauen († around November 30, 1418 ), of bourgeois origin, was Schwerin canon and from 1416 to 1418 bishop of Schwerin .

Life

Nothing is known about the person and origin of the Schwerin canon as the new shepherd of the Schwerin diocese. When Heinrich II was elected Bishop of Schwerin as the successor to Rudolf von Mecklenburg-Stargard , remains unknown. It can be proven that he called himself dei et apostolice sedis gratia episcopus Zwerinensis in a document issued in Bützow on July 17, 1416 . Bishop Heinrich II of Schwerin confirmed the foundation of a vicarei in the church in Drewskirchen .

At the time of the death of Bishop Rudolf III. the Council of Constance already met . It seems that Bishop Heinrich asked not only Archbishop John II of Bremen but also the Council of Constance to confirm his election and received it. The seal inscription also indicates that Heinrich initially regarded himself as the legitimate bishop of Schwerin.

After the election of Pope Martin V , it seemed appropriate to receive express confirmation from the now legal Pope. This was also expressly granted on December 20, 1417 in order to avoid uncertainties. This confirmation ensured that the new bishop was not an auxiliary bishop of his predecessor. This information was checked on June 17, 1974 by the Vice-Prefect of the Vatican Secret Archives in Rome, Prelate Hermann Hoberg : Zwerinen. Date Lune 13 cal. Ianuarii 1417.ect. provisum est ecclesie Zwerinen, vacanti per mortem, de persona Henrici de Oublo electi; et ei confirmata est confirmatio de electione eius ad cautelam . After that, Heinrich was not yet bishop of another diocese when he was elected Bishop of Schwerin.

The auxiliary bishops of Bishop Rudolf III. were all religious. Heinrich von Nauen, however, was a secular priest, and only such a priest could then be a canon in Schwerin.

Because of the shortness of his pontificate, Bishop Henry II did not stand out. After all, it was he who significantly promoted the plans to establish the University of Rostock and submitted an application to Pope Martin V on September 8, 1418 and sealed the certificate.

He is said not to have lived through the opening of the university itself; Bishop Heinrich von Nauen must have died a short time later. The exact day and place of his death, as well as his grave, remain unknown. It is believed that it was around November 30, 1418, but the date is not proven by sources.

The bust of the blessing Bishop Heinrich II is located in the portal relief above the main entrance of the university building in Rostock.

seal

Bishop Heinrich II carried a round seal , which in the empty seal field between the inner edges of the inscription carries a wide and round curved shield. On the shield (probably the family coat of arms of the bishop) there is a crowned eagle with outspread wings looking straight ahead (the Brandenburg eagle or the eagle of the Evangelist Johannes , the patron saint of Schwerin Cathedral). On the eagle are the two bishop's staffs in the St. Andrew's cross .

The inscription reads: SECRETUM. HINRICI. DEI. GRACIA. EPISCOPI. SUERINENSIS.

The second, previously unknown, seal belonging to the document of Bishop Heinrich II of Schwerin of July 17, 1416, hangs on a brown and green-yellow, knitted cord, made of red wax and of a round shape. On a triangular shield leaning on the right and held by two lions stands a helmet with two horns. The shield is squared and contains in the first and fourth fields two crossed bishop's staffs on a cross-sectioned field. In the second and third fields an eagle with a crowned maiden head.

The inscription reads: SECRETUM HINRICI. DEI GRA. EPI. ZWERINEN

This seal is just as big as the above mentioned secret seal.

literature

• Alfred Rische: Directory of the bishops and canons of Schwerin with biographical remarks. Ludwigslust 1900.
• Gerhard Müller-Alpermann: Status and origin of the bishops of the Magdeburg and Hamburg church provinces in the Middle Ages. Prenzlau 1930.
• Elisabeth Schnitzler: Contributions to the history of the University of Rostock . In: Studies on the Catholic diocese and monastery history, Volume 20, Leipzig 1979.
• Josef Traeger : The bishops of the medieval diocese of Schwerin. St. Benno Verlag Leipzig 1984, pp. 132-133.
• Josef Traeger: The Stiftsland of the Schwerin bishops around Bützow and Warin . St. Benno Verlag Leipzig 1984, p. 95.
• Margit Kaluza-Baumruker: The Schwerin Cathedral Chapter (1171–1400) Cologne, Vienna 1987.
• Grete Grewolls: Heinrich II. Von Nauen . In: Who was who in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . (1995) p. 186.
• Clemens Brodkorb: Heinrich von Nauen . In: 1148-1448 (2001) pp. 712-713.
• Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 4008 .

Web links

• Literature about Hinrich II. Von Nauen in the state bibliography MV.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Gerhard Müller-Alpermann: Status and origin of the bishops of the Magdeburg and Hamburg church provinces in the Middle Ages. 1930, p. 92.
2. ^ Mecklenburgische Jahrbücher XXIII. (1858) p. 228 (digitized version)
3. ^ Konrad Eubel : Hierarchia catholica medii aevi . Volume I. 1913, p. 539.
4. ↑ MJB VIII. (1843) p. 23.
5. ^ Elisabeth Schnitzler: Foundation of the University of Rostock Leipzig 1979, p. 4f.
6. ↑ MJB XXIII. (1858) p. 231.

predecessor	Office	successor
Rudolf of Mecklenburg-Stargard	Bishop of Schwerin 1416-1418	Henry III. by Wangelin