Poppo (Schleswig)

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Poppo († July 19 before 1029) was bishop in the diocese of Schleswig around 1010 . He is said to have miraculously converted the Danish King Harald Blauzahn to the Christian faith.

Life

Its origin is unknown, the name points to southern Germany. His life data are also uncertain and in some cases contradictory. It is also possible that the reports refer to several people rather than one person.

Conversion of King Harald

Around 961/963 a priest (presbiter) Poppo is said to have converted the Danish King Harald Blue Tooth to Christianity by picking up a glowing iron with his hand at his request. Widukind von Corvey reported about this miracle in his Res gestae Saxonicae from around 967 and, according to his information, also Thietmar von Merseburg around 1018.

Bishop of Schleswig

Thietmar reported that afterwards the emperor appointed him bishop, without giving a specific time. Adam of Bremen did not list his name among the bishops who were consecrated by Archbishop Adaldag of Hamburg , i.e. before 988.

For the first time as Bishop of Schleswig Poppo was referred to Adam for about 992, when he was from King Otto III. and was sent by the Archbishop of Hamburg Libentius I to the Swedish King Erik when he had temporarily ousted Sven Gabelbart in Denmark. In this context, Adam called Poppo a “holy and wise man”. At King Erik's, Poppo is said to have a shirt soaked in wax burned on his body without being injured.

The catalog of the bishops of Schleswig of about 1043/1085 are Poppos term of five years, but should have actually exercised his office as bishop in Denmark only for the years from about 1010 to 1015. If Poppo, his official residence would in Haithabu found to have. In contrast to the catalog , Adam von Bremen states that Poppo's successor Esico or Ekkehard was ordained bishop of Schleswig while Libertius was still alive, i.e. before January 1013.

Bishop of Aarhus?

According to Saxo Grammaticus , Poppo was Bishop of Aarhus . He could have become that after the death of the first incumbent Reginbrand 988 at the earliest . Whether Poppo was really Bishop of Aarhus is questionable, because the diocese was connected to the diocese of Ribe after Reginbrand's death . In Aarhus, Poppo is said to have met Canute the Great , who became King of Denmark in 1019, according to Saxo . Accordingly, he lived at least until 1019.

In 1029 he was said to have died and was buried in Bremen Cathedral .

Impact history

Poppo is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church . His feast day is July 19th.

The miracles were also attributed to Archbishop Poppo von Trier (officiated 1016-1047) in a version of the Gesta Treverorum .

The name Poppostein a Neolithic grave complex on Ochsenweg between Schleswig and Flensburg was associated with the conversion of King Harald. Poppo is said to have baptized him in nearby Helligbek (Danish for holy brook ) and preached on the Poppholz parcel . The names are probably derived from Poppe , Low German for doll, child .

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ There were u. a also a Würzburg bishop Poppo from 961–984.
  2. ↑ On the miracle reports Lutz E. von Padberg : The use of miracles in the early medieval preaching situation. In: Martin Heinzelmann , Klaus Herbers and Dieter R. Bauer : Miracles in the Middle Ages. Conceptions - manifestations - interpretations (= contributions to hagiography. Vol. 3). Steiner, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-515-08061-9 . Pp. 77–94, here p. 85
  3. ↑ Widukind von Corvey , III, 65, in Paul Hirsch , Hans-Eberhard Lohmann (ed.): Widukindi monachi Corbeiensis rerum gestarum Saxonicarum libri tres (= MGH Scriptores rerum Germanicarum in usum scholarum separately in editi. Volume 60). Hahn, Hanover 1935. pp. 140f.
  4. ↑ Thietmar gives a slightly abbreviated version, without further other information. In Thietmar von Merseburg: Chronik , II, 14 (8), in Robert Holtzmann (Hrsg.): Scriptores rerum Germanicarum, Nova series 9: Die Chronik des Bishop Thietmar von Merseburg and their Korveier revision (Thietmari Merseburgensis episcopi Chronicon) Berlin 1935, P. 53–55 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version ), also II, 8 in German (pdf)
  5. ↑ Adam von Bremen: Kirchengeschichte , II, 35 (33), in Bernhard Schmeidler (ed.): Scriptores rerum Germanicarum in usum scholarum separatim editi 2: Adam von Bremen, Hamburgische Kirchengeschichte (Magistri Adam Bremensis Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum). Hanover 1917, p. 95 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
  6. ↑ Adam von Bremen, II. 35 (33), in Bernhard Schmeidler (ed.): Scriptores rerum Germanicarum in usum scholarum separatim editi 2: Adam von Bremen, Hamburgische Kirchengeschichte (Magistri Adam Bremensis Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum). Hanover 1917, p. 96 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
  7. ↑ After 62 years of other bishops (since the founding of the diocese in 948) Lappenberg calculated it as follows: On the chronology of the older bishops of the diocese of the Archdiocese of Hamburg , p. 398f.
  8. ↑ Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum , X, 9
  9. ^ Adam von Bremen, II, 64 (60), in Bernhard Schmeidler (Ed.): Scriptores rerum Germanicarum in usum scholarum separatim editi 2: Adam von Bremen, Hamburgische Kirchengeschichte (Magistri Adam Bremensis Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum). Hanover 1917, p. 124 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
  10. ↑ Later extended version of Gesta Treverorum , VIII, 31, in Georg Heinrich Pertz u. a. (Ed.): Scriptores (in Folio) 8: Chronica et gesta aevi Salici. Hannover 1848, p. 173 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
  11. ^ Otto Karl Müllenhoff: Legends, fairy tales and songs of the duchies of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg. Schwerssche Buch., 1845, p. 197 f.
predecessor Office successor
Marco Bishop of Schleswig
to 1010 - 1013 / 1016 		Esico
personal data
SURNAME Poppo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catholic bishop of Schleswig (around 1010 to 1013/1016)
DATE OF BIRTH 10th century
DATE OF DEATH uncertain: July 19, 1029