Laboaldus

Laboaldus (* unknown; † unknown), also Lupoaldus, Ladoaldus or Ledoaldus , was possibly bishop of Mainz in the 7th century. There are only indirect sources for the existence of a bishop of this name. When Archbishop Hildebert transferred ten pre-Bonifatian bishops from St. Hilarius to St. Alban , a Laboaldus was also mentioned in the Mainz bishops' lists in the late 11th century.

Nothing is known about the origins and family of Laboaldus. A Mainz bishop named Lupoaldus is said to have attended the Synod of Clichy on September 27, 626 or 627. However, there is no corresponding signature on the signature list for the 41 signatories. At the Synod of Reims , which took place a short time later and had almost the same number of bishops (37 of 41 of the signatories are identical for both lists of signatures), a Lupoaldus Magonciacensis was named as the signatory. Because of the apparent correspondence, it is discussed in the professional world that both of these synods are one and the same event. The Synod of Clichy, convened by King Chlothar II , is considered historically secure. A synod in Reims is only mentioned in the Reims church history of the Flodoard (893 / 4–966), so only at a much later point in time. The subsequent addition and naming of a Lupoaldus from the diocese of Mainz in the list of signatures of the participating bishops of the Synod of Reims was probably made by Flodoard himself, who probably based it on the historically correct list of the Synod of Clichy. More recent interpretations from specialist circles conclude that although there was no Laobaldus / Lupoaldus at the Synod of Clichy as a historically documented synod, Flodoard, at a later point in time, resorted to a Lupoaldus known to him as Bishop of Mainz and this erroneously and possibly too early Date added to the list of signatures of the alleged synod in Reims that he added. Earlier attempts at interpretation, among others by Eugen Ewig from the 1960s, were based on a Synod actually taking place in Reims and thus on the historically fixable existence of Laobaldus as Bishop of Mainz in the first half of the 7th century.

Another interpretation sees Laobaldus only as a bishop in the second half of the 7th century, which would explain a non-mention at the Synod of Clichy in the first half of the century. A deed of donation from 661, which has been handed down in the Weißenburger Cartular, documents the transfer of ownership of an estate in Saargau to the Weißenburg monastery by a certain Bonefacius. According to Franz Staab , this is the ruling Duke Bonifatius of Alsace at the time . The witnesses named in the document include Chrodoharius , Chrodoaldus and Ledoaldus . These can be seen as Bishop Rotharius of Strasbourg , Bishop Chrodoald of Worms and Bishop Laboaldus of Mainz if the different spelling of names is equated (Ledoaldus-Ladoaldus in Codec Berniensis Series Ia).

literature

• Eugen Ewig : The oldest Mainz bishops' graves, the list of bishops and the legend of Theonest. In: Eugen Ewig: Late Antique and Franconian Gaul. Collected Writings (1952-1973). Second volume, edited by Hartmut Atsma , Munich 1979, Artemis Verlag Zurich and Munich.
• Hans Werner Nopper: The pre-Bonifatian bishops of Mainz. A critical examination of the sources on the beginnings of the diocese of Mainz and the reliability of the lists of bishops. Self-published, Mülheim an der Ruhr (Books on Demand, Norderstedt) 2002, ISBN 3-83112-429-9

References and comments

1. ↑ Name variant in Codex Bernensis (Series Ia)
2. ↑ Eugen Ewig: The oldest Mainz bishop's graves, the list of bishops and the legend of Theonest. , P. 171
3. ^ Hans Werner Nopper: The pre-bonifatian bishops of Mainz. A critical examination of the sources on the beginnings of the diocese of Mainz and the reliability of the lists of bishops. , P. 110
4. ^ Hans Werner Nopper: The pre-bonifatian bishops of Mainz. A critical examination of the sources on the beginnings of the diocese of Mainz and the reliability of the lists of bishops. , P. 110 ff.
5. ↑ Eugen Ewig: The oldest Mainz bishop's graves, the list of bishops and the legend of Theonest. , P. 172

predecessor	Office	successor
Lanwaldus	Bishop of Mainz 7th century	Rigibertus