Karl of Constance

Karl (mann) von Konstanz (first mentioned in 1069; † December 27, 1071 in Magdeburg ) was Bishop of Konstanz from 1070 to 1071 .

Live and act

Karl's date of birth and his family origins are unknown. Before he ascended the Konstanz bishop's chair, he was first a canon at Magdeburg, provost at the Harzburg and presumably canon of St. Simon and Jude in Goslar .

In 1069 he was appointed Bishop of Constance by Heinrich IV and, despite the protests of the Constance cathedral chapter , he was appointed to his office by the king in February 1070. However, the Constance canons stubbornly refused to recognize Karl, imposed on them by the king, as their bishop and instead chose the Constance canon Siegfried to succeed Bishop Rumold of Constance . Archbishop Siegfried von Mainz also refused to be ordained a bishop to Karl, who was suspected of being a simony . The canons of Constance took up the accusation of simony and turned to Pope Alexander II , who, however, referred the case to an imperial synod that met in Mainz in August 1071 by papal order . At the Mainz Synod, Karl vehemently denied the wrongdoings he was accused of, but voluntarily renounced his office and returned the ring and staff to the King.

After resignation , he returned to the diocese of Magdeburg and died there on December 27, 1071.

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. 202-207 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Helmut Maurer : Karl von Konstanz. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b 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. 202–207 ( digitized version )
^ Josef Fleckenstein : Heinrich IV. And the German episcopate in the beginning of the investiture controversy. A contribution to the problem of Worms, Tribur and Canossa. In: Josef Fleckenstein (Ed.): Nobility and Church. Gerd Tellenbach for his 65th birthday presented by friends and students. Herder publishing house, Freiburg [u. a.] 1968, pp. 221-237, here p. 228.

predecessor	Office	successor
Rumold	Bishop of Constance 1070-1071	Otto I.

personal data
SURNAME	Karl of Constance
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Karlmann of Constance
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Constance (1070-1071)
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1069
DATE OF DEATH	December 27, 1071
Place of death	Magdeburg

[maurer-1] A ^b 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. 202–207 ( digitized version )

[2] Josef Fleckenstein : Heinrich IV. And the German episcopate in the beginning of the investiture controversy. A contribution to the problem of Worms, Tribur and Canossa. In: Josef Fleckenstein (Ed.): Nobility and Church. Gerd Tellenbach for his 65th birthday presented by friends and students. Herder publishing house, Freiburg [u. a.] 1968, pp. 221-237, here p. 228.