Lambert (Semigallia)

Lambert (Latin Lambertus , Latvian Lamberts ; † between 1227 and 1234 ) was the second bishop of Zemgallia and Selonia in what is now Latvia .

Life

Lambert may have come from Solre in Hainaut , now on the Belgian-French border. His predecessor Bernhard zur Lippe was appointed first bishop for Selonia and Semigallia in 1218, it is unclear whether he ever actually worked in this area. He died in the spring of 1224. At the end of that year, a certificate of confirmation for the borders of the diocese of Selonia was issued by Pope Honorius III. displayed. The bishop was not named, it could already have been Lambert. In 1225 and 1226 he appeared several times as a witness in documents in Riga . In April of that year he ceded Selonia as diocese territory to Bishop Albert of Riga and received all of Zemgale from him. No information about an activity or a stay in his diocese has survived from Lambert either. In 1227 he was traveling in Livonia to accompany the legate Wilhelm von Modena .

In 1232 Baldwin was mentioned for the first time as the new bishop of Zemgale, in 1234 Lambert was described as deceased. He has received a seal as Bishop of Selonia.

literature

Bernhart Jähnig: Lambert von Solre († 1234 at the latest). 1225–1231 Bishop of Semgallia. In: Erwin Gatz (ed.), With the assistance of Clemens Brodkorb: The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire 1198 to 1448. A biographical encyclopedia. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-10303-3 , p. 729.

Web links

Lamberts (Latvian)

Individual evidence

↑ Lore Poelchau: Bernhards zur Lippe end of life (1224) and his representation in the "Lippiflorium". In: Journal for East Central European Studies. Volume 51, 2001. pp. 253-258, here pp. 255f. (pdf)
^ Friedrich Georg Bunge: Liv-, Esth- and Curländisches Urkundenbuch together with regesta. Volume 1: 1093-1300. Kluge and Ströhm, Reval 1853. Sp. 70 No. LXV
^ Friedrich Georg Bunge: Liv-, Esth- and Curländisches Urkundenbuch together with regesta. Volume 1: 1093-1300. Kluge and Ströhm, Reval 1853. Sp. 96f. No. LXXXI
↑ Selonia was under Lithuanian control at this time, no Christian influences have been passed down, in Semgallia there was at least a temporary church in Mesothen. Cf. Lore Poelchau: Bernhards zur Lippe End of Life (1224) and his representation in the "Lippiflorium". In: Journal for East Central European Studies. Volume 51, 2001. pp. 253-258, here pp. 255f.

personal data
SURNAME	Lambert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lambertus (Latin); Lamberts (Latvian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	second bishop of Semgallia and Selonia
DATE OF BIRTH	12th Century
DATE OF DEATH	between 1227 and 1234

[1] Lore Poelchau: Bernhards zur Lippe end of life (1224) and his representation in the "Lippiflorium". In: Journal for East Central European Studies. Volume 51, 2001. pp. 253-258, here pp. 255f. (pdf)

[2] Friedrich Georg Bunge: Liv-, Esth- and Curländisches Urkundenbuch together with regesta. Volume 1: 1093-1300. Kluge and Ströhm, Reval 1853. Sp. 70 No. LXV

[3] Friedrich Georg Bunge: Liv-, Esth- and Curländisches Urkundenbuch together with regesta. Volume 1: 1093-1300. Kluge and Ströhm, Reval 1853. Sp. 96f. No. LXXXI

[4] Selonia was under Lithuanian control at this time, no Christian influences have been passed down, in Semgallia there was at least a temporary church in Mesothen. Cf. Lore Poelchau: Bernhards zur Lippe End of Life (1224) and his representation in the "Lippiflorium". In: Journal for East Central European Studies. Volume 51, 2001. pp. 253-258, here pp. 255f.