Nicholas I of Meissen

Nikolaus I. von Meißen , also billy goat, Vollkrathen († February 11, 1392 in Meißen ) was German bishop of Lübeck and Meißen .

Life

Nikolaus came from a middle-class background and actually had the name of Vollkrathen. Determined for the spiritual status, he entered the Dominican order and became lecturer and prior of the Dominican monastery of St. Peter in Leipzig . Under Charles IV he was appointed titular bishop of Maieria by the Pope and acted as auxiliary bishop in Naumburg from 1374 to 1375. In Naumburg he also introduced the Blasius Festival on February 3rd. After he became dean of the cathedral monastery in Meißen in 1376 , Urban VI appointed him . on March 4, 1377 to the bishop of Lübeck. However, since he had to realize that the episcopal office had no influence on the Free Imperial City , he resigned himself and on March 19, 1379 took over the vacant office of Bishop of Meißen from his predecessor Johann von Jenstein, who was called to Prague as Archbishop . The right of the cathedral chapter to vote was suspended at this point, and the Archbishop of Prague was decisive for Meissen. In addition, Nikolaus became papal chief tax collector and apostolic nuncio .

In 1384 Nikolaus concluded a protection treaty with the margrave Wilhelm von Meißen , whereby he undertook to recognize the margraves of Meißen as patrons of the Meißner church and to pass far-reaching resolutions only with their consent. Thus a sovereign church regiment developed in Meißen . He received the assigned name billy goat in the 16th century. Through spiritual foundations, he provided annual memories . So he was commemorated on the day of St. Victor (September 23) and on February 13, 1545, respectively on February 18, 1553.

His gravestone was in the cathedral of Meissen in front of the cross altar until 1907/08 and was then erected in the transept . The image field with a figurative representation and the inscription are heavily worn, but the inscription has also been handed down.

literature

• Ernst Devrient , Heinz Wiessner: The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Magdeburg - the diocese of Naumburg 1,2: The diocese. Walter de Gruyter, 2002 ISBN 9783110155709
• Westermann′s illustrated German monthly issues. Vol. 65 Verlag G. Westermann, 1889, p. 566
• Matthias Donath : The grave monuments in Meißen Cathedral. Leipziger Universitätsverlag, 2005, ISBN 978-3937209456 , pp. 270f., No. 55
• Eduard Machatschek : History of the bishops of the Meissen Monastery in chronological order: At the same time it is a contribution to the cultural history of the Mark Meissen and the Duke and Electorate of Saxony. Edited according to the "Codex diplomaticus Saxoniae regiae", other credible sources and proven historical works. Dresden: CC Meinhold, 1884.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ There are different details about the place of birth. Either Meißen or Naumburg

predecessor	Office	successor
Bertram Cremon	Bishop of Lübeck 1377-1379	Conrad III. from Geisenheim

predecessor	Office	successor
Johann von Jenstein	Bishop of Meissen 1379-1392	Johann III. from Kittlitz and to Baruth