Nicholas of Ybbs

Nikolaus von Ybbs (* between 1270 and 1280 in Ybbs on the Danube ; † October 11, 1340 in Oberalteich ) was Bishop of Regensburg .

Life

Nikolaus probably came from a Ybbs patrician family and probably studied law at the University of Bologna from 1302 to 1306 . He appears early as a member of the royal chancellery; under King Albrecht I he was already a scribe, at the latest under Henry VII then a royal notary.

In 1307 he is mentioned as custodian of the Eichstätter church and was probably also canon in the Regensburg cathedral chapter . In 1310 Nikolaus took part in Heinrich's Italian campaign. In 1312 he returned and served Heinrich's son Johann von Luxemburg as consultor and protonotary in his office. On March 19, 1313, Nikolaus was finally elected Bishop of Regensburg.

In the throne dispute between Ludwig the Bavarian and Frederick the Fair , Nikolaus was on Ludwig's side. Frederick the Handsome and his brother Leopold therefore devastated property of the bishopric. Also in Ludwig's conflict with Pope Johannes XXII. Nikolaus continued to serve the Wittelsbach king as chancellor and advisor. The ban on King Ludwig IV was followed by the interdict for Regensburg .

Through a harsh taxation of the clergy he succeeded in paying off debts and he was able to redeem the rule Donaustauf from the pledge. The dispute over rights in the monastery of St. Emmeram continued under Nicholas, Abbot Baldwin made a special trip to the Pope in Avignon in order to obtain confirmation. The negotiations dragged on so long that he finally died there. In a bull of 1326 Pope John XXII. the exemption (independence) of the monastery is confirmed.

The first parish register of the Diocese of Regensburg also dates from the time of Nicholas. It was created around 1326. Ordinances on life in infirmaries suggest a relaxed way of life. Jews were murdered in Deggendorf on charges of desecrating the host . According to a legend, the edification of Deggendorf grace is related to this.

Nikolaus died in the Oberalteich monastery and was buried there too. After his death, the choice of his successor resulted in a schism.

literature

• Peter Acht: A register book of Bishop Nikolaus von Regensburg (1313-1340) . In: Communications from the Institute for Austrian Historical Research. 4, pp. 98-117 (1951).
• Michael Buchberger (Ed.): 1200 years of the diocese of Regensburg . Regensburg 1939, p. 40f.
• Karl Hausberger : Nikolaus von Ybbs († 1340). 1313–1340 Bishop of Regensburg. In: Erwin Gatz (ed.), With the assistance of Clemens Brodkorb: The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire 1198 to 1448. A biographical encyclopedia. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-10303-3 , pp. 629-631.
• Ludwig Morenz: Magister Nikolaus von Ybbs. In: Negotiations of the historical association for Upper Palatinate and Regensburg . 98 (1957), pp. 221-308.
• Marianne Popp: Bishop Nikolaus von Ybbs (1313-1340) . In: Contributions to the history of the Diocese of Regensburg 23/24 (1989/90), pp. 197–205.
• Marianne Popp: The manual of the chancellery of Bishop Nikolaus von Regensburg (1313-1340). Munich 1972.
• Marianne Popp: Nikolaus von Ybbs as Bishop of Regensburg (1314-1340). In: Negotiations of the historical association for Upper Palatinate and Regensburg . 109, pp. 27-50 (1969).
• Alois Schmid :  Nikolaus von Ybbs. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , p. 268 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Alois Schütz: Contributions to the administration of the diocese and bishopric of Regensburg under Bishop Nikolaus von Ybbs (1313-1340). Observations on the late medieval filing system. In: Negotiations of the historical association of the Upper Palatinate and Regensburg. 115 (1975), pp. 65-107.
• Josef Staber: Church history of the diocese of Regensburg . Regensburg 1966, pp. 65-69.

predecessor	Office	successor
Konrad V. of Luppurg	Bishop of Regensburg 1313–1340	Friedrich von Zollern counter-bishop Heinrich III. of stone