Johann von Konstanz (auxiliary bishop)

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Johann von Konstanz OP (* in Konstanz  ? † October 17, 1321 in Cologne ) was auxiliary bishop in Cologne.

The Dominican was appointed auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Cologne and titular bishop of Scopuli am Haemus by Pope Clement V at the request of Archbishop Heinrich II of Virneburg on February 5, 1308 . It is not known when Archbishop Heinrich ordained him as a bishop , but Johann is documented as acting auxiliary bishop from August 14, 1308.

literature

  • HJB Althöwer (Ed.): Handbook of the Archdiocese of Cologne. Official edition. 11th edition. Self-published by the publisher, Cologne 1866 ( digitized in the Google book search).
  • Heike Hawicks: Xanten in the late Middle Ages: monastery and city in the field of tension between Cologne and Kleve. (Rheinisches Archiv Volume 150) Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar 2007, ISBN 978-3-412-02906-7 , p. 188 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Handbook of the Archdiocese of Cologne, p. 14
personal data
SURNAME Johann of Constance
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dominican, auxiliary bishop in Cologne
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
PLACE OF BIRTH uncertain: constancy
DATE OF DEATH October 17, 1321
Place of death Cologne