Lucius Iter

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Lucius Iter († 1549), Prince-Bishop of Chur 1542–1549

Lucius Iter (also Luzius Ither ; † December 4, 1549 in Chur , Switzerland ) was a Roman Catholic bishop of the diocese of Chur .

Life

Lucius Iter came from Chur, his father Hans Iter was mayor there. His older brother Donath Iter was canon in Chur since 1492 , Domkustos 1495–1503, Domdekan 1505–1526. His nephew Caspar de Capol was vicar general of Bishop Paul Ziegler von Ziegelberg from 1530 to 1540 .

Lucius Iter, Domkustos since 1499, studied at the University of Cologne in 1509 , where he graduated with a Magister Philosophiae (M.Phil.). In 1537 he became provost of the cathedral in Chur. After the outbreak of the Reformation in Graubünden , he and some cathedral capitulars held out in the bishop's palace in order to guarantee the continuity of the diocese in the absence of Bishop Paul Ziegler. He found support in the family and in the Bündner nobility.

Time and again in the past the Association of Gods had succeeded in preventing the creeping takeover by the House of Habsburg and thus preserving the continued existence of the prince-bishopric. He also supported the canons in choosing a successor for Bishop Ziegler, who died on August 25, 1541 in the Prince's Castle in Vinschgau . The choice on October 5, 1541 fell on Lucius Iter.

With an imperial decree of February 3, 1542, Emperor Charles V granted him imperial regalia. The confirmation by Pope Paul III. took place on April 26, 1542. He was ordained bishop on January 4, 1545 by the Bishop of Constance Johannes von Weeze in Meersburg , the Bishopric of Constance. In 1546, Francis I , King of France , gave him the Abbey of Notre-Dame-de-Val in Picardy as a commander and Pope Paul III. appointed him in the same year as nuncio cum potestate legati a latere for alliances and the Confederation .

He was considered a patron of sacred art, so he had the Laurentius Chapel built onto the cathedral and renewed the episcopal residence. He succeeded in stabilizing the diocese's finances through regular income. As the head of the church association, he was able to retain episcopal sovereignty over the exercise of lower and higher jurisdiction in the disputes with the city of Chur .

Bishop Lucius Iter died on December 4, 1549 and was buried in the new Laurentiuskapelle built by him in the Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary in Chur.

literature

  • Wolf Seiler: The oath of Bishop Lucius Iter. In: Journal of Legislation and Jurisprudence in Graubünden. ZGRG 95, 1989.
  • Pierre Surchat: Iter, Lucius. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  • JG Mayer: History of the Diocese of Chur. Volume II. 1914.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ursus Brunold: Iter, Donat. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  2. ↑ Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi. Volume 3, p. 183
  3. ^ Albert Fischer: Lucius Iter 1542–1549.
predecessor Office successor
Paul Ziegler from Ziegelberg Bishop of Chur
1542–1549 		Thomas Planta
personal data
SURNAME Iter, Lucius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ither, Lucius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Chur
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH December 4, 1549
Place of death Chur