Isfried von Ratzeburg

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Modern sculpture by Isfried von Ratzeburg in Jerichow Monastery

Isfried von Ratzeburg OPraem († June 15, 1204 in Ratzeburg ) was a Premonstratensian and Bishop of Ratzeburg .

Life

Isfried was first provost of Jerichow Monastery in what is now Saxony-Anhalt from 1159 ; construction began around 1148 and was completed around 1172. After Evermod's death and a two-year vacancy in the diocese due to the dispute over the investiture right , Henry the Lion's confidante became bishop in Ratzeburg in 1180. The recognition of the election was Heinrich's last success before his ostracism. The building experienced Isfried continued the construction of the Ratzeburg Cathedral which Heinrich under Evermod had started . Architecturally, the stylistic influences of the architecture from Jerichow are still visible in Ratzeburg today. As confessor of Henry the Lion, he made his last confession in 1195 and gave him absolution and the sacraments of death . He consolidated and expanded the diocese of Ratzeburg in the Wendish area .

In 1194, Isfried reached an agreement with the Ratzeburg Cathedral Chapter on the division of the monastery property. The document issued about it, the Isfriedsche Teilteilvertrag , contains the first mention of 74 villages from the Duchy of Lauenburg and Western Mecklenburg and is therefore the most important testimony to the state of the high medieval state development in the Diocese of Ratzeburg in the 12th century.

Since 1725, June 15 has been celebrated as a day of remembrance in his honor. Today his liturgical commemoration in the Archdiocese of Hamburg will be celebrated on February 17th as a separate celebration together with that of the Ratzeburg bishops Evermod and Ludolf .

literature

  • Isfried H. Pichler: St. Isfried. Provost of Jerichow and Bishop of Ratzeburg . Self-published by Schlägl Abbey, Aigen i. M. 2004.

Web links

Commons : Isfried von Ratzeburg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl Jordan, p. 232.
predecessor Office successor
Evermod Bishop of Ratzeburg
1180–1204 		Philip
personal data
SURNAME Isfried von Ratzeburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Premonstratensian, Bishop of Ratzeburg
DATE OF BIRTH 12th Century
DATE OF DEATH June 15, 1204
Place of death Ratzeburg