Johannes of Syberg

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Johann (es) von Syberg OC is also Johannes von Sieberg (Siegburg) († September 30 or October 1, 1383 - according to other information: end of September 1366 - in Altenberg ) was auxiliary bishop in Cologne .

Johann (es) came from the Cologne patrician family von Syberg . The monk of the Cistercian Abbey of Altenberg is mentioned in the Archdiocese of Cologne with pontifical functions, i.e. as auxiliary bishop, until 1356. After working as auxiliary bishop in Mainz for a few years , he retired to his Altenberg monastery, in whose church he is also buried. He was titular bishop of Skopje .

literature

  • Hans Mosler: Germania Sacra , New Episode 2, The Dioceses of the Church Province of Cologne - The Archdiocese of Cologne 1, The Cistercian Abbey Altenberg. De Gruyter, Berlin 1965, p. 20 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  • Erwin Gatz (ed.), With the assistance of Clemens Brodkorb: The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire 1198 to 1448. A biographical lexicon. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-10303-3 , p. 268.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hermann Josef Benedikt Asthöwer (Ed.): Handbook of the Archdiocese of Cologne. 11th edition. Cologne 1866, p. 14 ( digitized in the Google book search).
  2. ^ Mosler: The Dioceses of the Church Province of Cologne .., p. 151
personal data
SURNAME Johannes of Syberg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johann von Syberg; Johannes von Sieberg; Johannes of Siegburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Auxiliary Bishop in Cologne
DATE OF BIRTH before 1356
DATE OF DEATH uncertain: September 1366 or September 30, 1383 or October 1, 1383
Place of death Altenberg