Johann I (Prague)

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Johann I (Czech: Jan I ; † August 8, 1139 ) was Bishop of Prague .

Johann was provost of the Vyšehrad collegiate monastery . After the death of Bishop Meinhard from Prague , he was appointed his successor on September 29, 1134. After the imperial investiture by Emperor Lothar III. In Heidelberg he received the episcopal ordination on April 19, 1135 in Mainz by the Metropolitan Adalbert I.

Johann supported the expansion of the Premonstratensian order , which he had got to know through the Olomouc bishop Heinrich Zdik .

literature

  • Anton Frind : The History of the Bishops and Archbishops of Prague . Calve University Bookstore, Prague 1873, p. 34
predecessor Office successor
Meinhard Bishop of Prague
1134–1139 		New Years Eve
personal data
SURNAME Johann I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jan I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Prague
DATE OF BIRTH 11th century
DATE OF DEATH August 8, 1139