Henry III. from Metz

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Henry III. von Metz (* in the 13th century; † October 9, 1336 ) was a Cistercian abbot , imperial chancellor and from 1310 to 1336 Prince-Bishop of Trento .

Live and act

Eusserthal monastery church

He came from the Metz region , entered the Cistercian order and was abbot of the Eusserthal monastery in the prince-bishopric of Speyer from 1297 to 1306 . When Pope Boniface VIII offered King Albrecht I of Habsburg to be crowned emperor in 1303 , he commissioned Abbot Heinrich von Eusserthal to deliver the news. Apparently the clergyman already enjoyed a good reputation at that time.

1306–1309 he worked under the name Heinrich II. As abbot of the Eusserthal mother monastery Weiler-Bettnach .

From 1309 at the latest he appears as Chancellor of King Henry VII and is said to have headed his Luxembourg chancellery even before his election as king. Both were linked by a close friendship. Heinrich von Metz also accompanied the ruler on his Italian expedition to the imperial coronation (1310-1313).

St. Vigil Cathedral in Trento

Presumably through the influence of the king, the abbot came to the office of Bishop of Trent on March 23, 1310 . As such he was called Heinrich III. , ruled with great zeal until his death and let u. a. hold three diocesan synods . He gave his cathedral chapter new statutes and ordered that all pastors and their parishes had to undertake a solemn pilgrimage to the grave of the diocese patron St. Vigilius every year . The bishop also had personal relationships with Heinrich von Kärnten , Count of Tyrol , and in 1314 managed to return lands that his father Meinhard II had alienated from the diocese.

In the conflict between Ludwig the Bavarian and Pope Johannes XXII. he took the side of the Holy See.

After his death, Heinrich von Metz was buried in the Cathedral of St. Vigilius in Trento.

literature

  • Ambrosius Schneider : The Cistercian Abbey of Himmerod in the late Middle Ages. Self-published by Himmerod Abbey, 1954, p. 49 (detail scan)
  • The German portion of the Diocese of Trento: described topographically, historically and statistically. 1. Volume, Brixen 1866, p. 34 (digital scan)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Enrico di Metz ( Memento of the original from December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on trentinocultura.net, accessed October 31, 2015 (Italian).  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.trentinocultura.net
  2. ^ Alfred Niemeier: Investigations into the relations between Albrecht I and Boniface VIII. Matthiesen, 1900, p. 144 (detail scan)
  3. ↑ Historical Yearbook , Görres Society, Volume 29, 1908, p. 284 (detail scan)
  4. ↑ Website on the history of the diocese of Trento (Italian) ( Memento of the original from September 3, 2002 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.trentinocultura.net
predecessor Office successor
Bartholomew Querini Bishop of Trento
1310–1336 		Nicholas of Brno
personal data
SURNAME Henry III. from Metz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Henry III. of Trento
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cistercian abbot, imperial chancellor, prince-bishop of Trento
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH October 9, 1336