Olbram from Škvorec

Coat of arms Olbram von Škvorec, Archbishop of Prague

Olbram von Škvorec (also: Wolfram von Škvorec ; Wolfram de Skworecz ; Czech: Olbram ze Škvorce ; † May 1, 1402, presumably in Prague ) was Archbishop of Prague .

Origin and career

Olbram came from the ennobled Prague patrician family Wolfram ( Olbramovici ), who originally lived in Eger . His father Olbram Menhart was since 1356 judge in the New Town of Prague and 1373-1380 burgrave on the Vyšehrad , his mother Katharina was a sister of the Prague Archbishop Johann von Jenstein . After Olbram Menhart had acquired the rule of Škvorec in 1361 , he drew from 1380 as Olbram Menhart von Škvorec ( Olbram Menhart ze Škvorce ). Olbram's brother Paul ( Pavel ) has been a burgrave of Týn nad Vltavou since 1397 . Another brother, Wenceslaus ( Václav ), was in royal service and was paid out with 300 pounds of silver when he retired in 1396. After their father's death in 1388, the brothers Olbram, Paul and Wenceslaus became the owners of the Škvorec estate.

Olbram was a canon of the Peter and Paul monastery on Vyšehrad . He studied Artes at the University of Prague and then law in Bologna . After his return to Bohemia in 1379, he became canon in Prague at the request of the Pope. In addition, his uncle Johann von Jenstein awarded him the provost office of the collegiate chapter of St. Apollinaris in Prague's New Town. Duke Johann , the youngest brother of King Wenceslas IV , appointed him Chancellor of the Duchy of Görlitz . Olbram remained the Duke's closest confidante until Johann's death in 1396.

Archbishop of Prague

After Johann von Jenstein had resigned after his escape from the archbishopric, he proposed his nephew Olbram von Škvorec as his successor. Since he had obtained the consent of King Wenceslas, the papal appointment took place on January 31, 1396, and the episcopal ordination in St. Vitus Cathedral on July 2 of that year. In the same year, Olbram had the body of the vicar general of his predecessor, John of Nepomuk , later venerated as a saint, who had been drowned by the king in 1393 , transferred to St. Vitus Cathedral.

As archbishop he organized several diocesan synods. 65 documents have survived from his term of office. In 1398 he wrote new statutes for the Prague cathedral church and expanded the statutes of the Raudnitz monastery . In future, these should be binding for all Augustinian canons in his church province.

The relationship with the king was trusting. In the negotiations with King Charles VI. of France in 1398 Olbram belonged to the royal entourage. When the armistice was reached between the royal party and the rebellious nobility, he acted as arbiter.

On August 12, 1401, he was appointed co-regent by King Wenceslaus IV in a declaration of commitment along with three other Bohemian nobles. He could only do this honorable task for a short time. After his death he was buried in St. Vitus Cathedral.

literature

• Zdeňka Hledíková : Art. Olbram from Skvorec († 1402). 1396–1402 Archbishop of Prague , in: Erwin Gatz (ed.), Clemens Brodkorb (collaborator): The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire 1198 to 1448. A biographical lexicon. Volume I, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-08422-5 , pp. 592-593.

Web links

• http://www.apha.cz/biskupove_vypis.php?osoba=olbram

predecessor	Office	successor
John VI from Jenstein	Archbishop of Prague 1396–1402	Zbynko Zajíc from Hasenburg