Hermann of Metz

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Hermann von Metz (* before 1049 ; † May 4, 1090 ) was Bishop of Metz from 1073 to 1090 .

Life

Hermann came from a side line of the family of the Counts of Ardenne . His nephew was Heinrich von Verdun (1076-1091 Bishop of Liège ). Hermann was cathedral prope of the Lambertus cathedral in Liège . After the death of Adalberus III. on November 13, 1072 he became the new bishop of Metz in early 1073 at the latest. On August 25, 1076, at the beginning of the investiture controversy , Hermann received a much-quoted, church-historically significant letter from Gregory VII , in which the Pope detailed his decision to excommunicate King Henry IV .

Hermann died on May 4, 1090 and was buried in the Saint-Pierre-aux-Images church in Metz , but this structure was completely demolished in the middle of the 18th century.

literature

  • Franz-Reiner Erkens : The Trier church province in the investiture dispute . (Passau historical research; 4). Cologne 1987, ISBN 3-412-02187-X , pp. 45-66
  • Michel Parisse : Hermann von Metz . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 4, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1989, ISBN 3-7608-8904-2 , Sp. 2164 f.
  • Siegfried Salloch: Hermann von Metz. A contribution to the history of the German episcopate in the investiture dispute . (Writings of the Scientific Institute of the Alsace-Lorraine in the Reich at the University of Frankfurt; 2). Frankfurt am Main 1931.
  • Hans-Dietrich Wenzel: The diocese of Metz during the investiture dispute. A contribution to the history of Upper Lorraine in the High Middle Ages . Dissertation, Frankfurt am Main 1951.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ KN: Gregory VII. And the 'Dictatus Papae' (accessed on May 2, 2014)
  2. ↑ Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris (LAMOP): Details on the former Saint-Pierre-aux-Images church (accessed on May 3, 2014)

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predecessor Office successor
Adalbero III. from Luxembourg Bishop of Metz
1073-1090 		Bruno from Calw
personal data
SURNAME Hermann of Metz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Metz
DATE OF BIRTH before 1049
DATE OF DEATH May 4, 1090