Otto I. of Minden

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Otto (* probably 1225 ; † November 11 or 19, 1275 in Rome or Dijon ) was Prince-Bishop of Minden from 1266 until his death in 1275 . To distinguish it from the same followers, he is as Minden bishop as Otto I called.

origin

Otto's origin is not clear. It is sometimes assumed that he was the brother of the Minden bishop Wedekind and thus the son of Heinrich I , who ruled Hoya from 1202 to 1235. This would make him brother of Count Heinrich II, who ruled in the county of Hoya from 1235 to 1290. Another brother of Otto I would be the Verden Bishop Gerhard von Hoya . If this assumption is correct, then Otto came from the House of Hoya , whose members repeatedly provided the bishop in Minden. Otto's name could therefore also be Otto, Count von Hoya .

Otto is sometimes also referred to as Otto from Stendal , which speaks more for a middle-class background. More recent research results in particular support the thesis of an origin from the Stendal area and reject the thesis of an origin from Hoya. Presumably Otto from Stendal was born in Stendal in 1225, initially to pursue a career in the military. In the military, he earned the nickname of Wall because he cleverly included walls in his battle planning. After the death of his wife and child, he ended his military career at an early age.

Church career

After this painful experience, Otto von Wall became a mourning preacher monk . From 1244 he studied theology in Paris a. a. with Albertus Magnus and Thomas von Aquin and received his doctorate in theology . In 1254 he became prior of the Dominican monastery Seehausen near Seehausen in the Altmark Brandenburg. In 1261 Otto from Stendal was appointed as a clerk at the papal court in Viterbo . He worked for Cardinal Henricus de Segusio for six years as secretary and chaplain . In August 1267 (according to other sources as early as 1266) Pope Clement IV appointed Otto from Stendal as bishop of Minden.

During his reign the Minden city wall was completed . Otto I brought Reineberg Castle back into the possession of the diocese and had it largely modernized. He helped prepare the Second Council of Lyon .

On the way back he died in the Dominican monastery of Dijon on November 11, 1275. His burial took place in the monastery church of St. Anne . A drawing of his grave slab there, the original of which is probably not preserved, was made in the 17th century and is now kept in the French National Library in Paris . However, the date and place of his death as well as his origin are controversial. Sometimes it is also reported that he died on Elisabeth Day , i.e. November 19, 1275 in Rome . However, new research and the drawing of the epitaph tend to support the view that he died in Dijon.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. Karl Friedrich Pauli: General Prussian state history, including all associated duchies, principalities, counties and lordships . tape 5 . Christoph Peter Franckens, Halle 1764, p. 96 ( digitized from Google Books ).
  2. ↑ person Page - 4,741th Otto von Hoya. In: Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins. Retrieved September 9, 2012 .
  3. ↑ For an overview cf. Heinrich Leo: Lectures on the history of the German people and empire. The territories of the German Empire in the Middle Ages since the 13th century . tape 5 . Eduard Anton, Halle 1867, p. 509 ( digitized from Google Books ).
  4. ↑ cf. Ernst Friedrich Moyer: Onomasticon chronographikon hierarchiae germanicae: List of German bishops since the year 800 AD, together with an appendix, containing the dignitaries of some abbeys and knights . Self-published by the author, Minden 1854, p. 70/71 ( digitized from Google Books ).
  5. ↑ a b c d e cf. C. El-Sauaf-Harmuth: Bernd Schlipköther writes a biography about Minden Bishop Otto von Wall. Minden and the region in a new light. (No longer available online.) In: Der Dom. Archbishop of Paderborn, archived from the original on February 18, 2015 ; Retrieved September 10, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.derdom.de
  6. ↑ cf. Minden . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages . tape VI . Artemis & Winkler-Verlag, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-7608-8906-9 , p. 631 ( HTML ).
  7. ↑ cf. Karl Friedrich Pauli: General Prussian state history, including all associated duchies, principalities, counties and lordships . tape 5 . Christoph Peter Franckens, Halle 1764, p. 96 ( digitized from Google Books ).

literature

  • Karl Friedrich Pauli: General Prussian state history, including all associated duchies, principalities, counties and lordships . tape 5 . Christoph Peter Franckens, Halle 1764, p. 96 ( digitized from Google Books ).

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predecessor Office successor
Kuno Bishop of Minden
1266–1275 		Volkwin von Schwalenberg
personal data
SURNAME Otto von Minden
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Otto I .; Hoya, Otto von; Stendal, Otto von; Wall, Otto von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Minden
DATE OF BIRTH uncertain: 1225
DATE OF DEATH November 11, 1275 or November 19, 1275
Place of death Rome or Dijon