Hugo of Jabala
Hugo von Jabala (also Hugo von Jabla ) was Bishop of Jabla in the Principality of Antioch , then known as Gibellum , around the middle of the 12th century .
After the county of Edessa was conquered by Zengi in 1144 , Prince Raimund of Antioch sent Hugo to Pope Eugene III. at his residence in Viterbo to ask him for help. Hugo reached Italy in November 1145. Eugene III. thereupon issued the papal letter Quantum praedecessores to the King of France on December 1, 1145 , in which he called for the Second Crusade . Hugo also reported to the chronicler and bishop Otto von Freising about the presbyter Johannes , a mythical Nestorian - Christian priest-king from an empire beyond Persia , from whom one hoped to support the crusader states in the fight against the Saracens. Otto gave this story in his world chronicle Chronica sive Historia de duabus civitatibus . The chronicle is the first documented mention of the Presbyter John legend.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Wollschläger, p. 60
- ↑ a b c Silverberg, pp. 3-7
- ^ Paul Halsall: Otto of Freising. The Legend of Prester John . Internet Medieval Sourcebook 1997.
literature
- Robert Silverberg: The Realm of Prester John . Ohio University Press, 1996. ISBN 1-84212-409-9
- Hans Wollschläger : The armed pilgrimages to Jerusalem. Wallstein 2003. ISBN 3-89244-659-8 , p. 60
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hugo of Jabala |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hugo of Jabala |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Jabala |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 12th Century |