Iamblichus (bishop)

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Jamblichus (also Jamblychus , Iamblichus , Iamnerius ) was Bishop of Trier in the 5th century . The bishop is to 475 / 476 mentioned.

Life

Eugen Ewig deduces from the Greek name of the bishop a Greek-Oriental colony that remained in Trier. From this Iamblichus and his predecessor Cyrillus emerged. Others assume that the bishops came from the Rhone region. In the epistle of Bishop Auspicius of Toul , the Frankish ruler of the area around Trier, the Comes Arbogast , is warned to treat Bishop Jamblichus respectfully. He also had relationships with other northern Gaulish bishops, such as Lupus of Troyes and Sidonius Apollinaris . At this time there are signs of the subordination of other dioceses, such as that of Troyes, to the Trier church and thus the development towards a metropolitan seat.

A funerary inscription from an iamblichus was found in Chalon-sur-Saône . There seems to be no doubt that this is the Bishop of Trier. Only the dating to 479 is problematic. Jamblichus may have left Trier around 486 in connection with the Franconian takeover of the city.

literature

  • Hans Hubert Anton : The Trier Church and northern Gaul in the late Roman and Frankish times. In: Hartmut Atsma (Ed.): La Neustrie. Les pays au nord de la Loire de 650 à 850, colloque historique international (= supplements of Francia. 16,2). Vol. 2, Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1989, pp. 53-73, here: pp. 60f. ( Digitized version )
  • Hans Hubert Anton: Studies on the social and ecclesiastical leadership class of Gaul: Germanus of Auxerre, Lupus of Troyes and the Trier bishops of the 5th century. In: Jahrbuch für Westdeutsche Landesgeschichte, 19th year 1993 pp. 40–43 Digitized version (PDF; 1.6 MB)

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Petrus Becker: The Benedictine Abbey of St. Eucharius-St. Matthias in Trier (= Germania Sacra NF 34). Berlin u. a. 1996, p. 395.
  2. ^ Friedrich Prinz: European foundations of German history (4th - 8th centuries) . In: Handbuch der deutschen Geschichte , 10th edition, Stuttgart 2004, p. 399.
  3. ↑ Martin Schanz, Carl Hosius: History of Roman Literature up to the Legislative Work of Emperor Justinian . 4,2, The Roman Literature from Constantine to Justinian's Legislative Work ; Vol. 2. The literature of the fifth and sixth centuries . Munich, 1971 [reprint from 1920] p. 379
  4. ^ Johann Friedrich: Church history of Germany . Vol. 1, Bamberg 1867, p. 407.
predecessor Office successor
Cyrillus Bishop of Trier
450–458 		Emerus
personal data
SURNAME Iamblichus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Iamblichus; Iamnerius; Jamblychus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Trier
DATE OF BIRTH 5th century
DATE OF DEATH 5th century
Place of death Chalon-sur-Saône