John II of Constance

John II of Konstanz († February 9, 782 in Konstanz ) was abbot of the monasteries of St. Gallen and Reichenau and from 760 to 782 Bishop of Konstanz .

Johannes was initially a monk in Reichenau Abbey and was appointed abbot of St. Gallen Abbey by Bishop Sidonius after Otmar was captured in 759 . After July 4, 760 he also became abbot of the Reichenau monastery and bishop of Constance. He led the offices in personal union. According to the Reichenauer Necrologium, Johannes died on February 9, 782.

Act

As Abbot of St. Gallen , Johannes pursued a targeted property and acquisition policy in southern Breisgau , in eastern and southern Thurgau and on the other side of Lake Constance in Linzgau and Argengau . He established the connections to the goods south of Lake Constance by acquiring ownership in Romanshorn and Steinach near Arbon . The conditional gifts begin under Abbot Johannes, in which the donor keeps the property transferred to the monastery, but undertakes to pay annual interest. In this way relationships arose between the monastery and the people, which Abbot Johannes promoted and controlled in accordance with Frankish politics. The resulting increasing delimitation of the areas of influence of St. Gallen and Constance led to a contract between the abbey and the diocese, which was confirmed in 780 by Charlemagne . During the reign of Johannes as Abbot of St. Gallen, Winithar , the first head of the St. Gallen scriptorium and school known by name, worked.

literature

Helmut Maurer : The Bishops of Constance from the end of the 6th century to 1206 ( Germania sacra ; NF 42.1; The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The Diocese of Constance ; 5). Walter de Gruyter , Berlin / New York 2003, ISBN 3-11-017664-5 , pp. 49-53. ( Digitized version )
Anton Gössi: St. Gallen - Abbots: Johannes, 759 / 60–782. In: Helvetia Sacra , Dept. III: The Orders with Benedictine Rule, Vol. 2/1: Early monasteries, the Benedictines in Switzerland. Francke Verlag, Bern 1986, p. 1268 f.

Web links

Christian Folini: John II of Constance. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Johannes on the website of the St. Gallen Abbey Archives .

Individual evidence

↑ Helmut Maurer : The Bishops of Constance from the end of the 6th century to 1206 ( Germania sacra ; NF 42.1; The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The Diocese of Constance ; 5). Walter de Gruyter , Berlin / New York 2003, ISBN 3-11-017664-5 , p. 52. ( digitized version )
↑ Meinrad Schaab , Hansmartin Schwarzmaier (ed.) U. a .: Handbook of Baden-Württemberg History . Volume 5: Economic and social history since 1918, overviews and materials, complete index. Edited on behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg . Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-608-91371-2 , p. 727.
↑ Andrea Zur Nieden: The everyday life of the monks: Studies on the monastery plan of St. Gallen . Diplomica Verlag, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8366-6716-6 , p. 181.
^ Anton Gössi: St. Gallen - Abbots: Johannes, 759 / 60-782 . In: Helvetia Sacra, Dept. III: The orders with Benedictine rule . 2/1: Early monasteries, the Benedictines in Switzerland. Francke Verlag, Bern 1986, p. 1268 f .

predecessor	Office	successor
Sidonius	Bishop of Constance 760–782	Egino
Otmar	Abbot of St. Gallen 759–782	Guess
Sidonius	Abbot of Reichenau 760–782	Peter

personal data
SURNAME	John II of Constance
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Constance
DATE OF BIRTH	8th century
DATE OF DEATH	February 9, 782
Place of death	Constancy

[Maurer2003-1] Helmut Maurer : The Bishops of Constance from the end of the 6th century to 1206 ( Germania sacra ; NF 42.1; The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The Diocese of Constance ; 5). Walter de Gruyter , Berlin / New York 2003, ISBN 3-11-017664-5 , p. 52. ( digitized version )

[2] Meinrad Schaab , Hansmartin Schwarzmaier (ed.) U. a .: Handbook of Baden-Württemberg History . Volume 5: Economic and social history since 1918, overviews and materials, complete index. Edited on behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg . Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-608-91371-2 , p. 727.

[3] Andrea Zur Nieden: The everyday life of the monks: Studies on the monastery plan of St. Gallen . Diplomica Verlag, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8366-6716-6 , p. 181.

[4] Anton Gössi: St. Gallen - Abbots: Johannes, 759 / 60-782 . In: Helvetia Sacra, Dept. III: The orders with Benedictine rule . 2/1: Early monasteries, the Benedictines in Switzerland. Francke Verlag, Bern 1986, p. 1268 f .