Pierre de Brixey

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Pierre de Brixey , German Peter von Brixey († 1192 in Jerusalem ) was bishop of Toul since 1165/66 .

Life

He came from the family of the Lords of Brixey and was a member of the cathedral chapter of Toul before his election . It was probably elected in 1165 and consecrated shortly afterwards by Archbishop Hillin von Trier . After his election, he was one of the few bishops of Lorraine, which works closely with Emperor Frederick I were connected. He was present at the imperial court on various occasions. Frederick I for his part stayed in Toul in 1171 and Pentecost 1187 .

The bishop supported the conflict between Frederick I and Pope Alexander III. the Staufer thing. In the Trier bishops' dispute, which began in 1183, he was clearly on the side of the imperial side. He was excommunicated by Archbishop Folmar von Karden , consecrated by the Pope , because he had not received him in Toul. He traveled to Rome in 1186/87, where Gregory V took him back to the church.

Since 1177 the bishop had the ruined Liverdun Castle rebuilt. As early as 1178 he had obtained the right to mint from the emperor. In order to attract residents to the settlement belonging to the castle, the place was the first in Lorraine to be awarded a letter of freedom. In 1184 he also founded a canonical monastery there . In doing so, he made the castle and town a center of power for the bishopric of Toul .

In 1189 he followed Friedrich I, who had set out for the third crossing . The bishop came as far as the Holy Land and reached Jerusalem in 1192 after the peace treaty of Ramla , where he died and was buried.

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SURNAME Pierre de Brixey
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Peter of Brixey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Toul
DATE OF BIRTH 11th century or 12th century
DATE OF DEATH 1192
Place of death Jerusalem