Johann II of Putlitz

Johann zu Putlitz († 1331 ) was pastor to St. Johannis in Hitzacker from 1304–1308 , canon in Lübeck from 1306–1314 , from 1317–1322 canon of Schwerin , from 1322 provost in Verden and finally from 1322 to 1331 as Johann II. Bishop in the diocese of Schwerin .

Life

His father came from the Gans Edle Herren zu Putlitz family, who were particularly wealthy in Prignitz but also in Mecklenburg . His father was also called Johann.

Before he became canon of Schwerin in 1317 , he was pastor in Hitzacker from August 27, 1304 and vicar in Lübeck from December 11, 1304. From March 14, 1306 to February 2, 1314, then canon in Lübeck and from February 15, 1322 still cathedral provost in Verden. In Schwerin he donated a small cathedral priest in 1317 and made annata payments for his Schwerin benefice from December 9, 1318 to December 8, 1319.

It is not known when the cathedral chapter in Schwerin elected canon Johann Gans, Edlen zu Putlitz as the successor to Bishop Hermann II von Maltzan from among its members. It must have happened in 1322, because on March 5, 1322 Johann Gans called himself van der gnade godes bischop tu Zwerin koren vnde stedegt . Bishop Johann promised Prince Heinrich von Mecklenburg of the episcopal monastery castles Bützow and Warin , if he were to get them back into possession, not to do any harm because of the diocese's demands. A confirmation by the responsible Archbishop Jens Grand of Bremen followed, probably not on the part of the papal See. The day of episcopal ordination and consecration also remains unknown. It is possible that the new bishop received his ordination before June 4, 1323, as Prince Heinrich von Mecklenburg referred to him on that day as venrabilis pater ac dominus noster dominus Johannes episcopus Zweriensis and he was already using his bishop's seal before June 4, 1323. As bishop, he consecrated the high altar of the newly built Nikolaikirche in Quetzin on April 17, 1325 .

The reign of Bishop Johann II was initially quite restless, as some of the difficulties of his predecessor, Bishop Hermann II von Maltzan, had to be resolved. The dispute with the largest city in his diocese, with Rostock , because of the abandoned Petriturm with the church penalty and the church of Warnemünde had to end. After the abolition of the interdict, relations with the diocese improved. But there were new difficulties on Rügen, in the northeastern part of the diocese. After the local royal family died out, the Schwerin bishops claimed the territory as their inheritance . Bishop Johann did not live to see the outcome of the trial at the papal court in Avignon .

New difficulties arose with the establishment of the Poor Clare monastery in Ribnitz , and after fierce resistance from the city even the papal chair intervened there. Despite some reservations, Bishop Johann agreed to the foundation of the Poor Clare Monastery and consecrated the monastery church on February 4, 1330.

From the resolutions of the provincial synod of the Bremen ecclesiastical province of November 4, 1328 in Stade , it could be inferred that Bishop Johann also fulfilled his office within the church to the best of his ability.

On March 14, 1331, Bishop Johann was mentioned for the last time in a document. He was likely to have died soon afterwards, as his successor Ludolf von Bülow was confirmed by Archbishop Burchard Grelle of Bremen on July 30, 1331 . The date and place of death and his grave are not known.

The successor to Bishop Johann II zu Putlitz was the nephew of Bishop Gottfried II von Bülow, whose foster child Ludolf von Bülow .

seal

Seal of Bishop Johann Gans (above)

Bishop Johann II carried two seals . In the large elliptical seal a seated bishop in pontifical robes, in his left hand holding the bishop's staff with the crook pointing inwards, his right hand raised in blessing.

The inscription reads: S JOHANNIS DEI GRACIA EPISCOPI ZWERINS

The also elliptical secret seal shows a standing bishop, also in pontifical robes, the staff in the left with an outward curvature, the right raised in a blessing.

The inscription reads: S JOHANNIS EPISCOPI ZWERINENSIS

literature

• Margit Kaluza-Baumruker: The Schwerin Cathedral Chapter (1171–1400). Cologne, Vienna 1987 p. 221.
• Josef Traeger : The bishops of the medieval diocese of Schwerin. St. Benno Verlag Leipzig 1984, pp. 69-71.
• Josef Traeger: The bishops in the diocese of Schwerin . In: The Stiftsland of the Schwerin bishops around Bützow and Warin , St. Benno Verlag Leipzig 1984, p. 92.
• Klaus Wriedt : The canonical processes around the claims of Mecklenburg and Pomerania to the Rügische inheritance 1326-1348. Cologne 1963.
• Karl Schmaltz: Church history of Mecklenburg , Volume I. 1935.
• Gerhard Müller-Alpermann: Status and origin of the bishops of the Magdeburg and Hamburg church provinces in the Middle Ages . Prenzlau 1930.
• Alfred Rische: Directory of the bishops and canons of Schwerin with biographical remarks. Ludwigslust 1900.
• FW Ebeling: The German bishops up to the end of the 16th century , Volume II. Leipzig 1858.
• Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 4668 .

Web links

• Literature on Johann II zu Putlitz in the state bibliography MV

Individual evidence

1. ^ Mecklenburgisches Urkundenbuch MUB V. (1869) No. 2949, 3221.
2. ^ Alfred Rische: Directory of the bishops and canons of Schwerin. 1900 p. 15.
3. ^ Alfred Rische: Directory of the bishops and canons of Schwerin. 1900 p. 8.
4. ↑ MUB VII. (1872) No. 4327.
5. ↑ MUB VI. (1870) no.3864.
6. ↑ MUB VII. (1872) No. 4419.
7. ↑ MUB VII. (1872) No. 4449.
8. ↑ MUB VII. (1872) No. 4514.
9. ^ Karl Schmaltz: Church history of Mecklenburg , IS 135 ff.
10. ^ Klaus Wriedt: The canonical processes around the claims of Mecklenburg and Pomerania to the Rügische inheritance 1326-1348 . P. 109 ff.
11. ↑ MUB VIII. (1873) No. 5122.
12. ↑ MUB X. (1877) No. 7314.
13. ↑ MUB VIII. (1873) No. 5226.
14. ↑ MUB VIII. (1873) No. 5260.
15. ^ Mecklenburgisches Jahrbuch 8 (1843), Friedrich Lisch : History of the Episcopal Schwerin Coat of Arms , p. 14.

predecessor	Office	successor
Hermann von Maltzan	Bishop of Schwerin 1322 - 1331	Ludolf von Bülow