Notger of Liege

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Notker (also Notger ; † April 10, 1008 in Liège ) was Bishop of Liège from 972 to 1008 .

Notger was considered an excellent administrator of his diocese and a sponsor of the schools, and he enjoyed a high reputation among the emperors and popes of his time.

He was buried in the church of St. Jean in Liège, which was built during his tenure. Notger was beatified ; his feast days are April 9th and 10th.

Johannes Fried considers Notger von Lüttich, not Johannes Canaparius , to be the author of the Vita sancti Adalberti episcopi Pragensis about the life of Saint Adalbert of Prague (* 956 - † 997) (created around 1000). In this work the city of Gdańsk is mentioned for the first time , under the name "urbs Gyddanyzc".

literature

Herbert Zielinki: Notker. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , p. 361 f. ( Digitized version ).
Jean-Louis Kupper : Court . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 9, LexMA-Verlag, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-89659-909-7 , Sp. 1288 f.
Jean-Louis Kupper: Notger de Liège (972-1008). Classe des Lettres et des Sciences morales et politiques, Académie Royale de Belgique, Bruxelles 2015, ISBN 978-2-8031-0503-8 .

Remarks

^ Johannes Fried : Gnesen - Aachen - Rome. Otto III. and the cult of St. Adalbert. Observations on the older Adalbert life. In: Michael Borgolte (ed.): Poland and Germany 1000 years ago. The Berlin conference on the "Gnesen Act". Berlin 2002, pp. 235-280.

predecessor	Office	successor
Ebrachar	Bishop of Liège 972–1008	Balderich II of Loon

personal data
SURNAME	Notger of Liege
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Notker
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Liege
DATE OF BIRTH	10th century
DATE OF DEATH	April 10, 1008
Place of death	Liege

[1] Johannes Fried : Gnesen - Aachen - Rome. Otto III. and the cult of St. Adalbert. Observations on the older Adalbert life. In: Michael Borgolte (ed.): Poland and Germany 1000 years ago. The Berlin conference on the "Gnesen Act". Berlin 2002, pp. 235-280.