John II (Breslau)

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Johann II. (Also: Jan; Janislaus; Janik ; according to the list of bishops of Gnesen: Johann I ; † after 1167 ) was Bishop of Breslau and Archbishop of Gnesen .

Life

Janik Archbishop of Gniezno.PNG

Johann is said to come from a noble family from the Sandomir area . Together with his brother he founded the Cistercian monastery Jędrzejów near Kraków in 1140 . He was Provost of Wroclaw and Canon of Gniezno and Cracow .

After the death of Wroclaw Bishop Robert II , Johann was elected as his successor. Duke Bolesław IV approved the election.

After the death of the Gniezno Archbishop Jakob I von Żnin , Johann was transferred to the Gnesen archbishopric.

Most recently, he appears in a document at the end of 1167 as a participant in a synod in Jędrzejów , where he issued a certificate of a privilege for the Jędrzejów monastery . The contemporary necrologies only give the date of his death without a year: March 11th ( necrology of Lubin ) or March 12th ( necrology of St. Vincent near Breslau ). His successor from Gniezno, Zdzisław I, is only documented from April 26, 1177. The years 1168 to 1176/7 come into consideration as the year of Johann’s death.

literature

  • Johann Heyne: Documented history of the diocese and bishopric Breslau. Volume 1. Korn, Breslau 1860, pp. 179-181 .
  • Joachim Köhler: Diocese of Breslau - Middle Ages. Echo-Buchverlag, Kehl 1995, ISBN 3-927095-22-2 , p. 8.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ This document has no date. After F. Piekosiński: Kodeks dyplomatyczny Małopolski. T. 2, 1153-1333 , Kraków 1886, pp. 10-11, this privilege is said to have been dated around 1174/76, cf. however Magdalena Biniaś-Szkopek: Bolesław IV Kędzierzawy - książę Mazowsza i princeps , Poznań 2009, p. 194
  2. ^ Necrologium monasterii S. Vincentii Wratislaviensis ( Necrology of the monastery of St. Vincent in Breslau ), 13th to 16th century, ( manuscripts and literature )
  3. ↑ F. Piekosiński: Kodeks dyplomatyczny Małopolski. T. 2, 1153-1333 , Kraków 1886, pp. 10-11
predecessor Office successor
Jacob I of Żnin Archbishop of Gniezno
1149 – after 1167 		Zdzisław I.
Robert II Bishop of Breslau
1146–1149 		Walter
personal data
SURNAME Johann II.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jan; Janislaus; Janik; Johann I (as Archbishop of Gniezno)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Wroclaw and Archbishop of Gniezno
DATE OF BIRTH before 1140
DATE OF DEATH after 1167