Ratold of Strasbourg

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Ratold of Strasbourg (also Ratald , Radulf ; † November 21, 874 ) was Bishop of Strasbourg until 874 .

Life

Its origin is not clear. It is possible that he came from a noble Franconian family that had settled in Saxony . The time of the beginning of his episcopate is also unclear. This was between 832 and 840. It is documented for the first time in 840 when Lothar I, at his request, confirmed the privilege of exemption from customs duties in Strasbourg. In the same year he signed the deed for the reinstatement of Bishop Ebo of Reims . His role during the fratricidal wars after the death of Louis the Pious is unclear . In any case, the enemies of Emperor Lothar I were able to gather in Strasbourg in 842. There the Strasbourg oaths were exchanged .

In 856, at Ratold's request, Ludwig the German confirmed the immunity of the Strasbourg church granted by his predecessors. It is possible that he was present at the synod of West Franconian, Burgundian and Lorraine bishops in 859 when they were negotiating the defection of Archbishop Wessilo von Sens from his king.

Later he was one of the determined supporters of Emperor Lothar II in his marital dispute over the divorce from Theutberga . He was at various meetings, for example in Aachen in 862 and probably also in Metz in 863 in the vicinity of the emperor when he tried to justify his actions. In 864 he took part in an army expedition Lothar II against the Normans.

On the imperial commission he traveled to Rome to hand over a letter to Pope Nicholas I justifying the imperial actions. Like most of the other bishops of Lorraine, he turned away from the emperor when the Pope overturned the Metz resolutions. Ratold asked the Pope in a letter of 864 for forgiveness for his actions in the imperial marriage dispute.

He oriented himself more and more to the East Franconian Empire . In 868 he took part in a synod of East Franconian bishops, which dealt with ecclesiastical discipline. The turning to the east was all the more true after Lothar's death in 869. Ludwig the German confirmed the privileges of the Strasbourg church in 873 after the earlier documents had been lost in a fire. These rights were extended, among other things, by a coin privilege and other rights that contributed to the importance of the diocese in later times.

Ratold was occasionally depicted as a saint in a stained glass window in the Strasbourg Cathedral , but no actual veneration took place.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Kohl: The diocese of Münster. The diocese Bd. 3 Berlin. 2003 p. 52
  2. ↑ Lothar I (RI I) n.1072 (Regest RI-online)
  3. ↑ Ludwig the German (RI I) n.1416 (Regest RI-online)
  4. ↑ Lothar II (RI I) n. 1296a (RI-online)
  5. ↑ Lothar II (RI I) n.1302c (Regest RI-online)
  6. ↑ Lothar II (RI I) n. 1304 (Regest RI-online)

swell

  • Regests of the Bishops of Strasbourg. Vol. 1 Innsbruck, 1908 pp. 284-288

literature

personal data
SURNAME Ratold of Strasbourg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ratald; Radulf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Strasbourg
DATE OF BIRTH 8th century or 9th century
DATE OF DEATH November 21, 874