Johann IV. Roth

Bishop Johann Roth (right) with John the Baptist. Painting in the Wroclaw Cathedral

Epitaph for Johann IV. Roth in the Breslau Cathedral

Johann Roth (also: Johannes Roth ; * November 30, 1426 in Wemding an der Weth; † January 21, 1506 in Neisse , Principality of Neisse ) was as Johannes I Bishop of Lavant and as Johannes IV. Prince-Bishop of Breslau .

Life

The son of the master shoemaker Seyfried Roth studied in Rome and Padua, where he was rector of the jurists in 1459 and the academic degree of Dr. decretorum acquired. He then held an office in the papal chancellery and then entered the service of King Ladislaus Postumus , Emperor Friedrich III. and from 1479 King Matthias Corvinus . As early as 1464 he was by Friedrich III. ennobled and appointed Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire in 1468 . He was active several times in the political turmoil surrounding the vacancy of the Hungarian crown.

It is known from his spiritual career that he was pastor in St. Georgen im Attergau in 1460, cathedral dean in Passau from 1460 and cathedral dean in Breslau from 1466. As a successor to Rudolf von Rüdesheim , who was called to the Bishopric of Breslau, Johann Roth was appointed Bishop of Lavant in 1468. Under pressure from King Matthias Corvinus, the Wroclaw Cathedral Chapter elected Johann Roth as coadjutor of Bishop Rudolf von Rüdesheim. After his death in 1482 he became Prince-Bishop of Breslau. Although he was provincial governor for a time, tensions arose again and again between him and the Silesian princes and the city of Breslau, which were intensified by the prevailing anti-clericalism.

Johann Roth, who is said to have been a brilliant speaker, was the first humanist on the Breslau bishop's see and a friend of the arts. He held three diocesan synods and had missals , breviaries , rituals and hymn books printed. Experienced in finance and administration, he was able to redeem several pledged goods and locks.

After his death he was buried in the Breslau Cathedral . That of d Peter Vischer. Ä. The epitaph created is said to be the most beautiful episcopal monument in Silesia. In his hometown Wemding, a plaque placed in 1818 on the house where he was born, An der Weth 6, reminds of Roth.

literature

• Josef Joachim Menzel:  Johannes IV. Roth. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5 , p. 481 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Hermann Markgraf:  Johannes IV. In: General German Biography (ADB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, pp. 186-188.
• Franz von Krones :  Johann Rott . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 230 f.

Web links

Commons : Johann IV. Roth  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Roth, Johannes in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"
• Roth, Johannes von . In: East German Biography (Kulturportal West-Ost)

predecessor	Office	successor
Rudolf von Rudesheim	Prince-Bishop of Breslau 1482–1506	Johannes V. Thurzo