Jesse (Speyer)

Jesse lived in the 4th century and is the first known bishop of the Speyer diocese . It was handed down long before the other bishops of the diocese and therefore outside the contiguous list of bishops . Very little is known about his life.

Sources

On the basis of two sources, Jesse is assumed to be the first verifiable Bishop of Speyer:

The name Jesse appears in a list of Gaulish-Rhenish bishops (342/343) who agreed to the resolutions of a synod in Sardica (Latin name of the city of Sofia ). However, it is not known which bishopric he held.

A bishopric in the Civitas Nemetum (Latin name of the city of Speyer ) is assumed for the middle of the 4th century , since the signature Jesse ep (iscopu) s civitatis Nemetum for the year 346 can be found in a file for a council in Cologne . Although this file is considered a forgery, the list of signatures was probably taken from a real template.

literature

• Hans Ammerich : The diocese of Speyer and its history. Volume 1: From the beginning to the end of the Salian period (1125). Echo-Buchverlag, Kehl am Rhein 1998, ISBN 3-927095-36-2 , p. 10 f.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Hans Ammerich : The Speyer diocese and its history. Volume 1: From the beginning to the end of the Salian period (1125). Echo-Buchverlag, Kehl am Rhein 1998, ISBN 3-927095-36-2 , p. 11.
2. ↑ Hans Ammerich: The Speyer diocese and its history. Volume 1: From the beginning to the end of the Salian period (1125). Echo-Buchverlag, Kehl am Rhein 1998, ISBN 3-927095-36-2 , p. 10.

predecessor	Office	successor
-	Bishop of Speyer around 346	( Hilderich )