Richowo

Richowo , also Richgowo , (* in the 9th century; † September 7, 949 ) was Bishop of Worms from around 914 to 949 .

Live and act

The origin and family descent of Bishop Richowo are indefinite. July 18, 914 is passed down as the anniversary of the death of his episcopal predecessor Dietlach (Thietlach), which is why Richowo's assumption of office is scheduled for this year; there is no guaranteed date for this. The Worms chronicler Friedrich Zorn (1538–1610) names Abbot Liuther von Lorsch as a defeated opponent in the election for bishop.

In autumn 916, Richowo von Worms took part in the Synod of Bishops in Hohenaltheim . There he received the order from the papal legate Peter von Orte to investigate the blindness of Bishop Einhard I of Speyer and to report it to the Pope by letter. Einhard had been mutilated in 913 under unknown circumstances and brought to death by force. The result of the investigation is not known.

According to Wetzers and Weltes Kirchenlexikon, Bishop Richowo was held in high regard by the East Frankish kings Heinrich I and Otto I. During the Hungarian invasions into the Worms area in 933 and 938, he paid particular attention to the country and its inhabitants.

In 942 Otto I gave him, with the consent of Duke Konrad the Red , gifts of goods for his diocese from his possession; on January 14, 947, in Frankfurt am Main , the confirmation of customs rights. The next day the bishop also appeared as a witness in a Frankfurt document from the king. Richowo von Worms is also mentioned as a witness in a large donation by Duke Konrad the Red to Bishop Reginbald I of Speyer in 946.

In the summer of 948 he appears as a participant in the universal synod of Ingelheim .

Richowo von Worms died on September 7th 949 and in Friedrich Zorn's Worms Chronicle a Latin epitaph has come down to us.

literature

Friedhelm Jürgensmeier (ed.): The diocese of Worms. From Roman times to its dissolution in 1801 (= contributions to the history of the Mainz church. Vol. 5). Echter, Würzburg 1997, ISBN 3-429-01876-5 , p. 23.
Heinrich Boos : History of the Rhenish urban culture from its beginnings to the present with special consideration of the city of Worms. Part 1. Stargardt, Berlin 1897, 193 a . 223 .

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Johannes Simon: Status and origin of the Upper Rhine bishops of the Mainz church province in the Middle Ages. Hofbuchdruckerei, Weimar 1908, p. 18 .
^ ^A ^b Friedrich Zorn: Worms Chronicle (= library of the Litterarian Society in Stuttgart. 43). With the additions of Franz Berthold von Flersheim, edited by Wilhelm Arnold . Literary Association, Stuttgart 1857, p. 33 .
↑ Regesta Imperii web portal, Synodal Acts of Hohenaltheim
↑ Joseph Hirschel : Worms. In: Heinrich Joseph Wetzer , Benedikt Welte (Ed.): Church Lexicon or Encyclopedia of Catholic Theology and its auxiliary sciences. Volume 11, Section 2: Retaliation - Zwingli. Herder, Freiburg (Breisgau) 1854, pp. 1146–1156, here p. 1149 .
↑ Document proposal of October 22, 942
↑ Wilhelm Wiegand : On the history of the Worms archbishops and bishops from 336 to 1817, from handwritten documents. Issue 1. Daniel Schmidt, Worms 1855, p. 11 .
^ Document proposal of January 14, 947
^ Document registers in the Regesta Imperii portal
↑ Georg Rau: The regimental constitution of the free imperial city Speier, described in a document in its historical development. Department 1: From the earliest times to the introduction of the guild regiment in 1349. Kranzbühler, Speier 1844, digitized .
^ Rüdiger Fuchs: The inscriptions of the city of Worms (= The German inscriptions . Vol. 29 = The German inscriptions. Mainzer series. Vol. 2). Reichert, Wiesbaden 1991, ISBN 3-88226-498-5 , (detail scan) .

predecessor	Office	successor
Thietlach	Bishop of Worms 914–949	Hanno from Hessen

personal data
SURNAME	Richowo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Richgowo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Worms
DATE OF BIRTH	9th century
DATE OF DEATH	September 7, 949

[1] Johannes Simon: Status and origin of the Upper Rhine bishops of the Mainz church province in the Middle Ages. Hofbuchdruckerei, Weimar 1908, p. 18 .

[zorn-2] A ^b Friedrich Zorn: Worms Chronicle (= library of the Litterarian Society in Stuttgart. 43). With the additions of Franz Berthold von Flersheim, edited by Wilhelm Arnold . Literary Association, Stuttgart 1857, p. 33 .

[3] Regesta Imperii web portal, Synodal Acts of Hohenaltheim

[4] Joseph Hirschel : Worms. In: Heinrich Joseph Wetzer , Benedikt Welte (Ed.): Church Lexicon or Encyclopedia of Catholic Theology and its auxiliary sciences. Volume 11, Section 2: Retaliation - Zwingli. Herder, Freiburg (Breisgau) 1854, pp. 1146–1156, here p. 1149 .

[5] Document proposal of October 22, 942

[6] Wilhelm Wiegand : On the history of the Worms archbishops and bishops from 336 to 1817, from handwritten documents. Issue 1. Daniel Schmidt, Worms 1855, p. 11 .

[7] Document proposal of January 14, 947

[8] Document registers in the Regesta Imperii portal

[9] Georg Rau: The regimental constitution of the free imperial city Speier, described in a document in its historical development. Department 1: From the earliest times to the introduction of the guild regiment in 1349. Kranzbühler, Speier 1844, digitized .

[10] Rüdiger Fuchs: The inscriptions of the city of Worms (= The German inscriptions . Vol. 29 = The German inscriptions. Mainzer series. Vol. 2). Reichert, Wiesbaden 1991, ISBN 3-88226-498-5 , (detail scan) .