Johann I of Meissen

Johann I von Meißen , also Johannes Belger, Johannes Franck (* around 1300 in Meißen ; † 30 July 1355 in Heilsberg ) was bishop of Warmia from 1350 to 1355 .

Life

The ancestors lived in the margraviate of Meissen . Johann traveled to Emilia-Romagna , studied at the University of Bologna and graduated in 1324 with a master's degree in the field of liberal arts . He then became a cleric in the diocese of Meissen and from 1326 worked as a notary in Lower Silesia and a notary in the Teutonic Order state with the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, Luther of Braunschweig .

From 6 July 1334 he belonged to the consistory and was cathedral dean of the cathedral chapter at the cathedral in Frombork . When Bishop Hermann of Prague died in Wormditt on December 31, 1349 , he was elected Bishop of Warmia by the Warmia Cathedral Chapter at the beginning of 1350. Then at the end of April 1350 he received the sacrament of episcopal ordination in the Papal Palace in Avignon on behalf of Pope Clement VI. by Cardinal Bernard d'Albi from the diocese of Porto-Santa Rufina . In 1351 he moved the bishop's residence from Wormditt to Heilsberg Castle .

1350: Construction of Heilsberg Castle begins
1350: Construction of the castle in Seeburg begins
1350: Construction of Rößel Castle begins
1353: Location for Allenstein and Freimarkt
1354: Location for Groß Bössau
1355: Construction of the three- aisled nave of the cathedral in Frombork begins

Hans Schmauch : From our Warmia. Where the Ermländer come from . In: Warmia Book 2020.
Stanisław Achremczyk: Poczet biskupów warmińskich . Olsztyn 2008.

predecessor	Office	successor
Hermann of Prague	Bishop of Warmia 1350–1355	Johann II. Stryprock

personal data
SURNAME	Johann I of Meissen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Johannes Belger; Johann Franck
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Warmia
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1300
PLACE OF BIRTH	Meissen
DATE OF DEATH	July 30, 1355
Place of death	Heilsberg