Poppo from Babenberg
Poppo von Babenberg (* 986 ; † June 16, 1047 in Trier ) was Archbishop of Trier from 1016 to 1047 .
Life
Poppo was a son of Margrave Leopold I of Austria and his wife Richeza. He was raised in Regensburg . The German King Heinrich II appointed Poppo in 1007 as the first provost of the recently founded diocese of Bamberg .
After Megingod's death in 1015, Emperor Heinrich II appointed Poppo as the new Archbishop of Trier. Archbishop Erkanbald of Mainz then consecrated Poppo. A year later, in 1016, Pope Benedict VIII confirmed Poppo as the new Archbishop of Trier.
In 1018 he owned the mint of the Koblenz royal court, awarded by Heinrich II . It was the beginning of the claim of the Archbishops of Trier as an attribute of their position to determine the shot and grain , weight and fineness of the coins themselves and to coin with their own name and image.
From 1028 to 1030 Poppo traveled to the Holy Land accompanied by the monk Simeon . After returning to Trier, Poppo took care of Simeon, who had let himself be walled into the Porta Nigra . Simeon was after his death on the intercession of Poppos and Eberwin of St. Martin by Pope Benedict IX. canonized. Poppo had a collegiate church built in the Roman city gate and furnished it with rich property.
In the years from 1037 to 1047 Poppo had the Trier Cathedral extended to the west and a crypt built. During a tour of the construction site, Poppo died on June 16, 1047. He was buried in the St. Simeon Abbey in Trier, which he founded. In 1803 he was reburied after St. Gervasius. His tomb is now completely destroyed by the Second World War. His tomb and relics are kept in the parish church of St. Simeon in Trier-West.
literature
- Paul Wagner: Poppo (Archbishop of Trier) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 26, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, pp. 431-434.
- Stephanie Haarländer : Poppo. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 631 ( digitized version ).
- Ekkart Sauser : POPPO from Babenberg. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 15, Bautz, Herzberg 1999, ISBN 3-88309-077-8 , Sp. 1185-1188.
- Franz-Josef Heyen : The St. Simeon Abbey in Trier (= Germania sacra. The Church of the Old Kingdom and its institutions. NF, 41). de Gruyter, Berlin a. a. 2002, ISBN 3-11-017224-0 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Poppo von Babenberg in the catalog of the German National Library
- Poppo von Babenberg in the personal register of the Germania Sacra online
- Wolfgang Schmid: Poppo von Babenberg in the portal Rheinische Geschichte
- Poppo von Babenberg in the Saarland biographies
Remarks
- ^ Stadtsparkasse Trier: The coins and seals of the Archbishops of Trier , 1973
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Megingod |
Archbishop of Trier 1016-1047 |
Eberhard of Swabia |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Poppo from Babenberg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Archbishop of Trier |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 986 |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 16, 1047 |
| Place of death | trier |