Johann II. Shepherd of Münsingen

Johann II. Senn von Münsingen (around 1308 ; † June 30, 1365 in Basel ) was Bishop of Basel from 1335 to 1365 .

Life

Johann was the son of the knight Johann Senn von Münsingen and Johanna von Buchegg , a daughter of Count Heinrich von Buchegg. The Archbishop of Mainz, Matthias von Buchegg, and the Bishop of Strasbourg, Berthold von Buchegg , were his mother's brothers.

He was a canon at the St. Viktor monastery in Mainz and was appointed provost by his uncle, the archbishop, against the monastery 's resistance in 1325 . In 1325 he became canon in Mainz and no later than 1334 also canon in Constance and Basel. From 1326 to 1329 he studied law in Bologna . In 1335 the Basel cathedral chapter elected him bishop, but the archbishop of Besançon, Hugo von Vienne, refused recognition. Johann then went to the papal court in Avignon. The 1336 confirmation as bishop by Pope Benedict XII. it probably owed the influence of his uncle Hugo von Buchegg, who was in the service of the King of Naples. After the capture of his uncle, the Strasbourg bishop Berthold von Buchegg, by the cathedral custodian Konrad Kirkel, Johann was appointed administrator of the diocese of Strasbourg in 1337; he held this office until 1338. Johann tried to rebuild Basel, which was heavily indebted and destroyed by the wars of his predecessors. He took care of the restoration of monasteries and churches. In 1337 he gave the Basel craftsmen the capacity to advise. When Charles IV visited at the end of 1347, the interdict imposed on Basel in 1331 was lifted. Johann promoted the veneration of Emperor Heinrich II. He acquired Heinrich's relics in Bamberg, which were transferred to Basel. The plague epidemic of 1348, which led to a Jewish pogrom in Basel in 1349 , and the earthquake of 1356 fell during Johann's term of office . After his death in 1365 he was buried in Basel Minster .

literature

• Markus Ries: Johann Senn von Münsingen . In: Erwin Gatz (Ed.): The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire 1198 to 1448. A biographical lexicon . Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-10303-3 , pp. 63-64 .
• Marco Innocenti:  Johann Senn von Münsingen. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 17, Bautz, Herzberg 2000, ISBN 3-88309-080-8 , Sp. 698-703.
• Georg Modestin: Shepherd von Münsingen, Johann. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

predecessor	Office	successor
Johann I of Chalon-Arlay	Bishop of Basel 1335–1365	Johann III. from Vienne