Markolf (Mainz)

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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.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ German inscriptions online - DIO 1: Mainz (The Benna Cross)
predecessor Office successor
Adalbert II of Saarbrücken Archbishop of Mainz
1141–1142
Heinrich I of Mainz