Rimbert

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Rimbert , Rembert , Rambert and Rembart (* around 830 ; † June 11, 888 in Bremen ) was Bishop of Bremen from 865 to 888 , in persona episcopi with the Archdiocese of Hamburg .

Life

Rimbert, who came from the aristocracy of Flanders, was probably born near Torhout. He was educated there in the monastery at Torhout (also called Thourout). Archbishop Ansgar strongly influenced him. He became his successor in 865 with the award of the pallium by Pope Nicholas I.

The missionary work of Denmark and Sweden , which began under Ansgar von Bremen , could not be successfully continued by Rimbert. For this he was able to acquire the market, coin and customs rights from Emperor Arnulf of Carinthia for Bremen in 888 and thus significantly strengthen the archbishopric financially. In 876 he wrote the historically significant biography of his predecessor, the Vita sancti Ansgarii , in which he also reports in detail on the battles between Vikings and the Kurds in 855. In 884 he himself led a Frisian army against the Vikings and after the victorious battle of Norditi drove them back permanently from East Frisia .

His successor in office was Archbishop Adalgar in 888 .

The poet Agius dedicated his poems De computo to Rimbert . He was later venerated as a saint and was the patron saint of various churches and of the St. Remberti monastery in Bremen.

Recent research

A picture has established itself in historiography that traces a self-sacrificing missionary activity in the north and the foundation of the Archdiocese of Hamburg-Bremen. Archaeologists and scientists from Germany, Scandinavia and the USA are now of the opinion that the Vita sancti Ansgarii in particular was not only a hymn of praise for Rimbert's revered teacher, but also a conscious reinterpretation of history. Accordingly, the paragraph in the document handed down by Rimbert from Emperor Ludwig , in which Ansgar was awarded the Archbishopric of Hamburg, was a forgery. The historian Eric Knibbs, who took on the detailed processing of the historically verifiable facts and drew a new picture of the early days of north German church history, proves that Ansgar could not have founded an archbishopric at all, but that the idea of ​​the diocese of Hamburg-Bremen was just starting took its real course in the 10th century. The intention of the forgery was to remove the north from the sphere of influence of the Archdiocese of Cologne . If Hamburg had been a diocese at an early stage, it would have had the older rights to Bremen.

Churches

Churches named after him:

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Forgery brought Bremen and Hamburg together
  2. ↑ Eric Knibbs: Ansgar, Rimbert and the Forged Foundations of Hamburg-Bremen
  3. ↑ Why Hamburg has lost its “Archbishop Ansgar”
predecessor Office successor
Ansgar Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen
865–888 		Adalgar
personal data
SURNAME Rimbert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rembert; Rambert; Rembart; Rimberuts Hamburgensis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Archbishop of Hamburg and Bremen (865–888), saint
DATE OF BIRTH around 830
PLACE OF BIRTH Torhout ( Flanders )
DATE OF DEATH June 11, 888
Place of death Bremen