Conrad IV of Tann

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Konrad IV von Tann , also von Thann or von Dahn, (*?; † December 24, 1236 , in Speyer ) was the 48th Bishop of Speyer from 1233 to 1236 .

Family environment

Konrad came from the Dahn family , who were wealthy as episcopal ministerials in the southern Palatinate. The three castles of the Dahner Burgengruppe and Neudahn Castle were initially owned by the family as a Speyer fiefdom.

Life

Representation of Christ in the Speyer Evangelistary of Bishop Konrad von Tann

Konrad von Dahn, brother of the lord of the castle Friedrich I. von Dahn, was canon in Worms, custodian of St. Cyriakus zu Worms-Neuhausen , as well as provost of the monasteries St. Andreas in Worms, Holy Trinity and All Saints of Speyer. In 1221 he became cathedral curator in Speyer.

The Dahners had close ties to the royal court of Henry VII. Ludwig Stamer wrote in his "Church History of the Palatinate" that Konrad von Dahn was the "most loyal advisor" to Emperor Henry VII.

In 1220/1221 Konrad was among the companions of Konrad III. von Scharfenberg , the bishop of Speyer and Metz , on his trip to Italy, later in the king's entourage. In 1227 he went to England as a representative of the imperial government to meet with King Henry III. to negotiate an alliance and to broker the marriage of the king with a daughter of the king of Bohemia. In the same year he was appointed Provost of Speyer.

Konrad von Dahn was elected Bishop of Speyer as Konrad IV on February 10, 1233 and died on Christmas Eve 1236. Sigmund Joseph Zimmer characterizes him in Wetzer and Welte's church lexicon as: " a man of great knowledge and high esteem " participated in two synods that opposed the strict persecution of heretics against Konrad von Marburg . Bishop Konrad IV. Therefore sent the cathedral scholaster Konrad von Speyer from Frankfurt to Rome in 1234 to meet Pope Gregory IX in the name of the empire . To make a complaint about Konrad von Marburg. Ludwig Stamer explains that the bishop “ dealt in detail with the administration of his diocese, as the documents he received testify ”.

As custodian of the Cyriakus monastery in Worms , Konrad von Tann had a gospel book made around 1197 , which he later took with him to Speyer when he became bishop there. Today it is under the name Speyerer Evangelistar or Codex Bruchsaliensis 1 in the Badische Landesbibliothek in Karlsruhe.

coat of arms

The prince-bishop's coat of arms is usually quartered . The fields of the coat of arms alternate between the von Tann family coat of arms and the coat of arms of the Speyer diocese, a silver cross on a blue background. The von Tann family coat of arms are three silver eagles (2: 1) on a red background.

literature

  • Harald Wolter-von dem Knesebeck , Ute Obhof: The Speyer Evangelistar, Codex Bruchsal 1, Badische Landesbibliothek Karlsruhe. Commentary on the facsimile edition , Lucerne: Quaternio Verlag Luzern 2012, ISBN 978-3-905924-07-7 .
  • Hans Ammerich : The diocese of Speyer and its history , Volume 2: From the Staufer period (1125) to the beginning of the 16th century ; Kehl am Rhein 1999; ISBN 3-927095-44-3 . especially pp. 4-6.
  • Gatz: The Bishops of St. Rom. Reiches 1198–1448 , p. 743
  • Ludwig Stamer : Church history of the Palatinate , Volume 2; Speyer 1949
  • Sigmund Joseph Zimmer : Article Speyer in: Wetzer and Welte's Church Lexicon or Encyclopedia of Catholic Theology and its Auxiliary Sciences , Volume 11; Freiburg: Herder'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1882–1903; Sp. 596

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ On the Evangelistar of Konrad von Tann
  2. ↑ To the Speyer Evangelistary
predecessor Office successor
Ringers of Entringen Bishop of Speyer
1233–1236 		Konrad V. von Eberstein
personal data
SURNAME Tann, Konrad IV. Von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dahn, Konrad IV of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German clergyman, Bishop of Speyer
DATE OF BIRTH 12th century or 13th century
DATE OF DEATH December 24, 1236
Place of death Speyer