Markolf (Mainz)
Markolf or Markulf († June 9, 1142 ) was Archbishop of Mainz from 1141 until his death .
Life
In 1122, Markolf was first mentioned by name in a document by Adalbert I of Saarbrücken . Markolf was provost of the St. Peter and Alexander monastery in Aschaffenburg , which later became the second seat of the Archbishops of Mainz in the spiritual center of the southeastern part of the archdiocese. Within the hierarchy of the Archdiocese of Mainz , the Aschaffenburg Stiftspropst took first place in the rank after the provosts and abbots of the bishopric itself. Markolf was the owner of an archdeaconate , i.e. administrator of a larger part of the archdiocese, which has been verifiable since 976.
It can be assumed that he also held an important position within the diocese under Adalbert II of Saarbrücken , even if he was no longer named in the first place of the non-Mainz clergy in its documents.
After the Mainz Erzstuhl became vacant in 1141 with the death of Adalbert, the Mainz cathedral chapter chose Markolf as his successor. Immediately after his election, Markolf sought contact with Pope Innocent II and asked him for the pallium . In order to secure his election by bribery, he sent a foot of the so-called Benna Cross , a triumphal cross made of wood covered with gold plates with a larger than life figure of Christ made of 600 pounds of pure gold, from the Mainz Cathedral to Rome. On December 30, 1141, Innocent awarded the Mainz chief shepherd the pallium.
literature
- Christoph Waldecker : MARCOLF, Archbishop of Mainz. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 23, Bautz, Nordhausen 2004, ISBN 3-88309-155-3 , Sp. 943-945.
- Christoph Waldecker: Between emperor, curia, clergy and militant lay people. The Archbishops of Mainz in the period from 1100 to 1160. Mainz 2002 (Sources and treatises on the history of the Middle Rhine Church 101). ISBN 3-929135-35-3
- Friedhelm Jürgensmeier: The diocese of Mainz . From Roman times to the Second Vatican Council, Knecht Verlag, Frankfurt / Main 1988 ISBN 3-782-00570-8
- Curt-Bogislav von Hacke: The Pallium Awards until 1143. A diplomatic-historical investigation. Phil. Diss. Göttingen 1898, 136f., 147
Individual evidence
- ^ German inscriptions online - DIO 1: Mainz (The Benna Cross)
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Adalbert II of Saarbrücken |
Archbishop of Mainz 1141–1142 |
Heinrich I of Mainz |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Markolf |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marculf; Marcolf; Markulf |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Archbishop of Mainz |
DATE OF BIRTH | 11th century |
DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 1142 |
Place of death | Mainz |