Johannes Ambundi

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Johannes Ambundi (also: Abundi, Ambundij, Habundi, Habindi, Habendi, Almanni [?]) Von Schwan († 14 May or 16 June 1424 ) was Bishop of Chur and Archbishop of Riga .

Life

His date of birth is unknown, he was first attested in 1384 and probably comes from the area of Schwaan . He was initiated in 1391 under the Baccalarii at the University of Law in Prague. In 1401 at the latest he was vicar general of the Würzburg bishop Johann I von Egloffstein . Between 1402 and 1406 he was professor of Holy Scripture and Canon Law at the "High School" in Würzburg. It appears after 1412 by order of the Bishop of Bamberg under the visitors of the Schottenkloster St. Aegidii in Nuremberg.

As canon of the Eichstätter church and provost of Herrieden , he referred to the Council of Constance for himself and the bishop of Eichstädt in 1414 or 1415 . There he held an outstanding position with the German nation, he appears in many negotiations partly as commissarias , partly as deputatus of the same.

On November 27, 1416 he was elected Bishop of Chur , confirmed by Archbishop Johann II of Mainz , and solemnly consecrated in Heppenheim the following year on March 13 . Shortly afterwards, Ambundi returned to the council. There the Italians, in association with the French and Spaniards, demanded an immediate papal election, while the German nation sought to complete the church reformation beforehand. The cardinals are said to have succeeded in making promises to get Archbishop Johannes V of Wallenrode of Riga and Ambundi on their side and, through the influence of these men, to get King Sigismund and the German nation to be elected papal. On November 11, 1417, Pope Martin V was proclaimed. In the following year Johann von Wallenrodt received the diocese of Liège according to his wishes , and on July 11th of the same year the Pope appointed Johann Ambundi as his successor as Archbishop of Riga "on the recommendation of the Emperor" .

The prince of the church reached the distant northern country via Lübeck and then by ship. As early as October 13, 1418 he took part in the peace negotiations between the German order and Poland at Wileny. It may well be true that Ambundi would have preferred to move south to the beautiful diocese of Brixen ; but also the German monarchs were not satisfied with the papal decision. Ambundi is a tough man and very sparse, "that is not to be praised in great men," writes a religious chaplain; There was greater concern that Ambundi was the sworn councilor of the Emperor Sigismund and was considered a favorite of the same. The order sought to keep Livonia as an estate independent of the empire; now it was feared that Ambundi would work in the opposite direction, perhaps even allow the emperor to enfeoff him. There was hardly any reason for this distrust. Ambundi could not be persuaded to accept the religious dress, and it is due to his influence that on January 14, 1423 the Riga Cathedral Chapter asked the Pope to repeal the Bull Bonifacii IX., Through which the Riga Church was incorporated into the Order, concerned. Otherwise Ambundi did not show himself to be a docile tool of the order. In 1421, the same papal delegate judge was in a dispute between the King of Sweden and the Bishop of Uppsala. Only recently recovered from an illness, it seems that he personally went to Sweden. In 1422 he called the Prussian bishops to a council, but the Grand Master did not do so .

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  1. ↑ a b Veronika Feller-Vest: Ambundii, Johannes. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  2. ↑ Theodor Muther:  Abundi von Schwan, Johannes . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 25 f.
  3. ↑ Klaus Witt City: The first foundation of the University of Würzburg (1402). A late medieval educational initiative with a future. Würzburg medical history reports 21 (2002), pp. 25–36; P. 30 f.
predecessor Office successor
Hartmann II of Werdenberg-Sargans Bishop of Chur
1416–1418 		John IV Naso
Johannes V. of Wallenrode Archbishop of Riga
1418–1424 		Henning Scharpenberg
personal data
SURNAME Ambundi, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abundi, Johannes; Ambundij, Johannes; Habundi, Johannes; Habindi, Johannes; Habendi, Johannes; Almanni, Johannes; Ambundi from Schwan, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman Catholic bishop
DATE OF BIRTH 14th Century
DATE OF DEATH May 14, 1424 or June 16, 1424