Mazo of Verden

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Mazo of Verden († October 25, 1116 or 1117 ) was Bishop of Verden from 1097 to 1116 . He was always a supporter of the Salians and was deposed during the Saxon uprising under Lothar von Süpplingenburg .

Life

Before his time as bishop he was presumably a canon and perhaps provost at the monastery of St. Simon and Juda in Goslar . The circumstances of how he followed his predecessor Hartwich are unclear. It may never have been consecrated. Little is known about his work in his diocese.

In 1103 he was at the court of Henry IV in Liège . During the rebellion of Henry V against his father in 1105, he seems to have turned to the son. He remained loyal to him even when his relationship with the Pope and the Saxon princes was already heavily strained. Mazo was present at the imperial court on various occasions in 1112.

When Saxony fell away from Heinrich V in 1115, Mazzo stayed on his side. He was in Augsburg in 1115 near the emperor and followed him to Italy. The anti-imperial opposition around Adalbert von Mainz and the Saxon Duke and Vogt of the Saxon Church Lothar von Supplingenburg took advantage of the situation. They appointed the previous Hildesheim cathedral canon Thietmar as Bishop of Verden. Friedrich von Cologne immediately consecrated him as bishop. Heinrich V responded with an accusing letter to the Mainz people. It is not entirely clear in which year he died.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lothar III. (RI IV, 1, 1) n.53 (Regest RI-Online)

literature

predecessor Office successor
Hartwig Bishop of Verden
1097–1116 		Thietmar
personal data
SURNAME Mazo of Verden
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Verden
DATE OF BIRTH 11th century
DATE OF DEATH October 25, 1116 or 1117