Kuno of Praeneste
Kuno von Praeneste (* in the 11th century ; † August 9, 1122 in Palestrina ) was Cardinal Bishop of Praeneste .
He was a son of Count Egino I von Dettingen , cardinal and bishop of Palestrina (Praeneste) and papal legate in France and Germany.
In 1080 he was chaplain of William the Conqueror in England . Around 1090 he lived in a hermitage in Picardy , which was converted into the Arrouaise monastery in 1097 with the permission of Bishop Lambert of Arras . Kuno von Praeneste was one of the confidants of Popes Paschal II (1099–1118), Gelasius II (1118–1119) and Kalixt II (1119–1124), as well as one of the most influential advisers to the French King Louis VI. (1108-1137).
In 1108 he became Cardinal Bishop of Praeneste, and from 1114 to 1121 he was papal legate in France and Germany. In this position he led the fight against the claims of Emperor Heinrich V (1098–1125). He called and presided over the Synods of Beauvais , Fritzlar (1118, at which the excommunication against Henry V was renewed), Gandersheim (July 1118, declaration of invalidity of the appointment of Hildesheim Bishop Bruning ), Soissons (1121, to which Peter Abelard was summoned and his Book on the Trinity), Reims and Châlons-sur-Marne and drove the implementation of the Gregorian reforms .
literature
- Rudolf Hiestand: Legate, Emperor and Basileus. Bishop Kuno von Praeneste and the crisis of the papacy 1111/1112. In: Horst Fuhrmann , Hans Eberhard Mayer , Klaus Wriedt (eds.): From the history of the empire and the history of the north. Karl Jordan on his 65th birthday (Kieler Historische Studien 16), Stuttgart 1972, pp. 141–152.
- Ernst Bernheim : Kuno von Präneste . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, pp. 386-388.
- Peter Segl: Kuno von Präneste. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , p. 300 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Kuno of Praeneste. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website, English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kuno of Praeneste |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | papal legate in France and Germany |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1080 |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 9, 1122 |
| Place of death | Palestrina |