Konrad von Salmansweiler

Konrad von Salmansweiler († December 2, 1344 in Grades ) was Konrad II. Bishop of Gurk .

Life

Konrad von Salmansweiler (or von Enslingen ) came from the village of Enslingen in Franconia and was of aristocratic origin. In 1311 he became abbot in the Cistercian monastery Salem near Konstanz on Lake Constance and held this office for 26 years. He was very hospitable and generous, but also very ambitious. He had applied for the office of bishop of Gurk himself and received it through his friendly relationship with the Pope.

Konrad von Salmansweiler was also the confessor and envoy of King Frederick the Fair and stayed several times with the Pope in Avignon on his behalf. When Bishop Lorenz von Gurk died in Avignon, Konrad von Salmansweiler was also present.

On October 10, 1337, Pope Benedict XII appointed him as the new bishop of Gurk and bypassed the Salzburg archbishop in his appointment. Benedict and Conrad had been fellow students in Paris and lived under one roof. On the way to Avignon Konrad was robbed and briefly imprisoned in Martigny, whereby he was only ordained bishop on April 28, 1338 by the Pope.

When Duke Albrecht the Lame, who had become sole ruler, accepted homage from the Carinthian estates on the Zollfeld in 1342 , Bishop Konrad was also present.

On December 2nd, 1344, Bishop Konrad died at Grades Castle . His final resting place is unknown.

literature

• Jakob Obersteiner: The bishops of Gurk. 1072–1822 (= From Research and Art. 5, ISSN  0067-0642 ). Verlag des Geschichtsverein für Kärnten, Klagenfurt 1969, pp. 145–145.
• Erwin Gatz (ed.): The bishops of the Holy Roman Empire. 1198 to 1448. A biographical lexicon. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-10303-3 .