Nicholas of Luxembourg

Nicholas of Luxembourg (* 1322 in Prague ; † July 30, 1358 in Belluno ) was Patriarch of Aquileia from 1350 to 1358.

Life

origin

He was an illegitimate son of King John of Bohemia . His mother's name is not known. On August 2, 1342 Pope Clement VI appointed him . At the request of King John to the provost in the diocese of Prague , on July 20 of the same year the Pope had awarded Nicholas canons and benefices of Vyšehrad . In 1345 he personally brought a message from John of Bohemia to Clement VI. In a document from 1348, Nicholas referred to himself as the dean of the Olomouc Church and as the royal chancellor.

Counter-Bishop of Naumburg

Clement VI. On January 7, 1349, Nicholas appointed Bishop of Naumburg as a candidate against John I , who had been elected by the cathedral chapter without the consent of the Pope. Nicholas was occasionally sealed as Bishop of Naumburg, but made no effort to take possession of the diocese assigned to him.

Patriarch of Aquileia

On October 31, 1350, Nicholas informed the residents of Udine that he was the new Patriarch of Aquileia. The appointment had taken place shortly before. In May 1351 Nicholas arrived at the Patriarchate of Aquileia and was solemnly received there. During his tenure he planned to found a trading town called "Carola" together with his half-brother, who later became Emperor Charles IV . These plans should not be implemented. At the end of 1351 / beginning of 1352, the new patriarch had some nobles executed who were allegedly involved in the murder of his predecessor, the patriarch Bertrand de St. Geniès . In 1353 Charles IV approved the establishment of a studium generale for the city of Cividale . In October 1354 he visited the Patriarchate Aquileia on his way to Rome. During his stay, Nicholas presented him with two booklets of the Gospel of Mark, which were a coveted relic. Nikolaus accompanied his half-brother on the way through Italy.

Charles IV gave Nicholas three offices: that of Vicar for Trieste in 1354, that of Vicar of Tuscany in May 1355 and shortly thereafter that of Vicar General in Feltre and Belluno . On July 30th, 1358 the Patriarch Nicholas died in Belluno. The cause is not known; an illness is suspected. He was buried in Udine under the main altar of the church.

swell

Bianchi, G .: Documenti per la storia del Friuli from 1200 to 1400.
Guerra: Otium Foriiulii. Manoscritti, Museo Archeologico, Cividale.

literature

R. Bouillon: The relationship between Aquileia and Charles IV during the tenure of the Patriarchs Nicholas of Luxembourg and Lodovico della Torre (1350-1365). Munster 1991.
Franz Krones : Nicolaus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1886, pp. 611-613.
Marco Innocenti: NICHOLAS of Luxembourg. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 18, Bautz, Herzberg 2001, ISBN 3-88309-086-7 , Sp. 1038-1044. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
R. Tirelli: I patriarchi. La spada e la croce XV secoli di storia. Pordenone 2000.

Web links

Subject in Italian literature ( Memento of September 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

^ Heinz Wießner: The Diocese of Naumburg 1 - The Diocese 2 . In: Max Planck Institute for History (Ed.): Germania Sacra , NF 35,2, The Dioceses of the Church Province of Magdeburg . Berlin / New York 1998. pp. 841f.

predecessor	Office	successor
Bertrand de St. Geniès	Patriarch of Aquileia 1350-1358	Lodovico della Torre
Johann I.	Counterbishop of Naumburg 1349-1350	Rudolf of Nebra

personal data
SURNAME	Luxembourg, Nicholas of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Patriarch of Aquileia
DATE OF BIRTH	1322
PLACE OF BIRTH	Prague
DATE OF DEATH	July 30, 1358
Place of death	Belluno

[1] Heinz Wießner: The Diocese of Naumburg 1 - The Diocese 2 . In: Max Planck Institute for History (Ed.): Germania Sacra , NF 35,2, The Dioceses of the Church Province of Magdeburg . Berlin / New York 1998. pp. 841f.