Reinhard I. von Sickingen

Reinhard von Sickingen

Reinhard von Sickingen (* around 1417 ; † July 21, 1482 in Ladenburg ) was Bishop of Worms from 1445 to 1482 .

Life

Reinhard, from the von Sickingen family , was the son of the Palatinate councilor and bailiff of Oppenheim Johann III. von Sickingen († 1469) and Margarete Kämmerer von Worms († 1458). He studied in Heidelberg and Cologne , was canon in Worms from 1435 and canon of the cathedral in Mainz from 1441 . Following the resignation of the Bishop of Worms Ludwig from branch he was elected by the chapter to succeed and received on 27 July 1445 by the Archbishop of Mainz Dietrich Schenk von Erbach the episcopal ordination . Confirmation by the Pope took place in March of the following year.

Reinhard promoted the monastery reform in his diocese. He had a good relationship with the Palatinate electors, for whom he was active in diplomatic missions. The Hochstift was devastated several times in feuds, in the Mainz Stiftsfehde Reinhard remained neutral, contrary to the papal demand for action against the Count Palatine. Reinhard had a good relationship with the city of Worms , which recognized episcopal rights. In a treaty in 1477, Reinhard admitted a partial exemption of appeals from the decisions of the city court and council, Reinhard had the bishop's palace destroyed in 1452 rebuilt and began to rebuild the north-western cathedral tower, which collapsed in 1429.

After his death in 1482 he was buried in the aegidia chapel in Worms Cathedral , which he had rebuilt ; there he had also donated a window in memory of his parents.

In 1456 he consecrated the Speyer Bishop Siegfried III in Maulbronn Monastery , together with the Speyer Auxiliary Bishop Petrus Spitznagel . from Venningen . In 1457 he appointed the Cologne Carmelite Simon von Düren († 1470) to be his auxiliary bishop .

In 1471 he was also the initiator of the founding of the women's choir monastery in Fischbach near Kaiserslautern .

Johannes Heydekyn von Sonsbeck , Augustinian canon in the Kirschgarten monastery in Worms , reports in his Kirschgarten chronicle that Bishop Sickingen personally ordained him a priest.

literature

Gerold Bönnen : Reinhard v. Sickingen. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , p. 352 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Website on the window foundation for parents
^ Franz Xaver Remling : History of the Bishops of Speyer , Volume 2, Mainz 1854, page 99; (Digital scan)
↑ Rüdiger Fuchs: Die insschriften der Stadt Worms , Volume 2 of: Deutsche Insschriften, Mainzer Reihe , 1991, p. 186, ISBN 3882264985 ; (Detail scan)
^ Franz Neumer: Fischbach - monastery, farm and village. Fischbach community, 1981, p. 30
^ Heinrich Boos : Monumenta Wormatiensia: Annals and Chronicles. Berlin, 1893, p. XX; (Digital scan of the author of the Kirschgarten Chronicle, who was not yet known by name at the time)

predecessor	Office	successor
Ludwig von Ast	Bishop of Worms 1445–1482	Johann III. from Dalberg

personal data
SURNAME	Sickingen, Reinhard I. von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sickingen, Reinhard von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Worms (1445–1482)
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1417
DATE OF DEATH	July 21, 1482
Place of death	Ladenburg

[1] Website on the window foundation for parents

[2] Franz Xaver Remling : History of the Bishops of Speyer , Volume 2, Mainz 1854, page 99; (Digital scan)

[3] Rüdiger Fuchs: Die insschriften der Stadt Worms , Volume 2 of: Deutsche Insschriften, Mainzer Reihe , 1991, p. 186, ISBN 3882264985 ; (Detail scan)

[4] Franz Neumer: Fischbach - monastery, farm and village. Fischbach community, 1981, p. 30

[5] Heinrich Boos : Monumenta Wormatiensia: Annals and Chronicles. Berlin, 1893, p. XX; (Digital scan of the author of the Kirschgarten Chronicle, who was not yet known by name at the time)