Immo (bishop)

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Immo (* around 1000; † around 1050) was a German cleric from the diocese of Worms and from 1036 bishop of Arezzo in Italy.

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Immo attended the cathedral school in Worms , which is evident from a received letter to his former teacher Ebbo. The later Bishop Eberhard I of Konstanz , who also worked as a cathedral scholaster in Worms , is now generally regarded as this Ebbo . According to the self-testimony of the chronicler and monk Albert von Metz , in the dedication of his work De diversitate temporum libri (around 1024) to Bishop Burchard von Worms , he was a brother of Immos. At that time he lived as a deacon in Worms and was sponsored by Burchard.

From around 1030, Immo, who also owned a benefice at the Martinsstift Worms , belonged to the court chapel of Emperor Konrad II. At court he also acted as the ruler's secretary and notary . During this time he asked his old teacher Ebbo to speak to the Bishop of Worms on his behalf so that the long-promised provost of Mosbach Abbey could be entrusted to him.

Under the protection of Emperor Conrad II, Immo became Bishop of Arezzo in Tuscany in 1036 , where he worked diligently and skillfully. On the monarch's second journey to Italy, he accompanied the Empress Gisela to Rome .

Five letters from Immo have been preserved in the so-called Older Worms Letter Collection . a. to Bishop Azecho von Worms, to whom he reported in 1036 about what was going on at court.

It is not known exactly when Bishop Immo died. He last documented in December 1048 as the shepherd of Arezzo. In 1051 his successor Arnald appears in a document.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Elisabeth Häffner: The Worms Letter Collection of the 11th Century , Volume 22 of: Erlanger Abhandlungen zur Mittel und neueergeschichte , 1935, p. 14; (Detail scan)
  2. ^ Stephanie Coué: Hagiography in context. The reason for writing and the function of bishops' vites from the 11th and beginning of the 12th century. Verlag Walter de Gruyter, 1997, ISBN 3110148250 , p. 38 (digital scan )
  3. ^ Rudolf Vierhaus: German Biographical Encyclopedia. Volume 1. Verlag Walter de Gruyter, 2005, p. 88, ISBN 3110946572 (digital scan of Albert von Metz)
  4. ↑ Max Manitius: History of the Latin Literature of the Middle Ages. From the middle of the tenth century to the outbreak of the struggle between church and state. CHBeck Verlag, 1976, ISBN 340601402X , p. 279 (digital scan )
  5. ^ Heinrich Boos : History of the Rhenish urban culture from its beginnings to the present, with special consideration of the city of Worms. Basel 1896, p. 317 (digital scan)
  6. ↑ Website on the older Worms letter collection
  7. ^ Julius von Pflugk-Harttung : Iter italicum: undertaken with the support of the Kgl. Academy of Sciences in Berlin , 1883, p. 724; (Detail scan)
predecessor Office successor
Teodaldo Bishop of Arezzo
1036-1051 		Arnaldo
personal data
SURNAME Real estate
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Real estate in Arezzo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cleric from the Diocese of Worms, Bishop of Arezzo in Italy (from 1036)
DATE OF BIRTH around 1000
DATE OF DEATH around 1050