John II of Bokholt

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Johannes II von Bokholt (* in Lübeck ; † October 6, 1331 in Schleswig ) was a Roman Catholic bishop in the diocese of Schleswig .

Life

Johann von Bokholt was one of the sons of the Lübeck councilor Siegfried von Bokholt . Determined to be a cleric, he was first canon and dean in Lübeck and in 1308 he was promoted to bishop in Schleswig. During his tenure from 1310 to 1320 the construction of the Schwahl , an open cloister on the north side of the Schleswig Cathedral, fell .

According to tradition, at least at the beginning of the 17th century, his monumental grave slab was still on the north side of the choir in Schleswig Cathedral. It is no longer available today, but has been described in the literature.

His brother Heinrich II. Bochholt was bishop in the Diocese of Lübeck .

literature

  • EF Mooyer: On the chronology of Schleswig bishops in: Yearbooks for regional studies of the Duchies of Schleswig , Volume 2, 1859, p. 15 ff ( digitized version )
  • Adolf Friederici: Lübeck Cathedral Chapter in the Middle Ages 1160–1400. Constitutional and civil status investigations. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1988, p. 173, no. 28
  • Christian Radtke: Johannes Bokholt († 1331). 1307 / 09-1331 Bishop of Schleswig. In: Erwin Gatz , The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire. A biographical lexicon. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1990-2001, Volume 1: 1198 to 1448. , 2001, p. 694

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Klaus Krüger: Corpus of the medieval grave monuments in Lübeck, Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg 1100-1600 , Jan Thorbeke Verlag, Stuttgart 1999, p. 1106 ISBN 3-7995-5940-X
personal data
SURNAME John II of Bokholt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman Catholic Bishop of Schleswig
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
PLACE OF BIRTH Lübeck
DATE OF DEATH October 6, 1331
Place of death Schleswig