Johann I of Paderborn

Johann von Hoya

Johann I von Hoya (also Johannes de Hoye ; * 1355 ; † May 12, 1424 in Hildesheim ) was Prince-Bishop of Paderborn from 1394 to 1399 and as Johann III. von Hoya Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim 1399 to 1424. He comes from the family of the Counts of the Upper County of Hoya .

Life

two seals of Johann von Hoya, left. 1408, right 1421

Johann was the youngest of three sons of the former canon of Bremen and Hildesheim Count Johann von Hoya and his wife Duchess Helen von Sachsen-Lauenburg (marriage in 1338). Both dynastic families von Hoya and von Sachsen-Lauenburg ruled northwestern Germany at the turn of the century through skilful marriage and diocese politics. Johann was to become bishop of Paderborn and subsequently of Hildesheim, the eldest brother Count Erich married Duchess Helene of Braunschweig and Lüneburg in 1390 . The second-born brother Otto became Bishop of Münster in 1392and the only sister Irmgard married Simon III. to Lippe-Detmold . With the help of his regionally influential family, Johann himself initially became a member of the cathedral chapters of Bremen, Cologne , Münster , Osnabrück and Minden . It was also the influence of the family that induced the Paderborn cathedral chapter and the Roman curia to transfer the diocese of Paderborn to Johann , although he was not a member of the chapter. The commission by the cathedral chapter took place on June 29, 1394, the postulation by Pope Boniface IX. on the Vigil Day of the Birth of Mary (September 7, 1394). The exact circumstances of Johann's appointment are not known. Just two years later, in 1396, Johann was appointed coadjutor of Hildesheim. The postulation by the Hildesheim Cathedral Chapter took place on November 30, 1398, Pope Boniface IX. on February 14, 1399 again issued a commission for Johann, this time for Hildesheim.

Johann was politically successful during his time as Bishop of Paderborn. So he managed with Paderborn troops both for his diocese and, together with his brother for Münster, the smashing of the rebels of the Bengeler Bund . He did not appear as spiritual head, nor did he ever receive the higher ordinations . His way of life was not only viewed as irreligious, but also offensive and immoral. His biographer Adolf Bertram recorded for the Hildesheim period that “his memory was as inglorious as none of his predecessors”. Johann died on May 12, 1424. Legend has it that his grave slab under the Hezilo chandelier in Hildesheim Cathedral was turned over in order to erase the memory of him carved in stone.

literature

• Adolf Bertram: The bishops of Hildesheim . Hildesheim, Leipzig 1896, p. 84-86 .
• Hans Jürgen Brandt, Karl Hengst: The bishops and archbishops of Paderborn . Bonifatius, Paderborn 1984, ISBN 3-87088-381-2 , p. 169-170 .
• Helmut von Jan:  Johann III. Count of Hoya. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5 , p. 488 f. ( Digitized version ). (with a different year of birth 1372)

predecessor	Office	successor
Ruprecht von Berg	Prince-Bishop of Paderborn 1394–1399	Bertrando d'Arvazzano
Gerhard von Berg	Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim 1399–1424	Magnus of Saxony-Lauenburg