Robert I of Metz

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Robert I (also Ruotbert ) († January 2 or 3, 917 ) was Bishop of Metz from 883 to 917 .

Life

Robert I came from a noble Alemannic family. He first went to the monastery of St. Gallen . There he belonged to the circle around Notker the Stammler .

In 883 he was probably at the instigation of Emperor Karl III. Bishop of Metz. It is unclear whether he also received the archbishop's pallium from the Pope. Charles III held an imperial assembly in Metz in 886 . In 888 he took part in an imperial assembly under Arnulf von Kärnten in Frankfurt am Main . Shortly after this incident Guido of Spoleto probably up to Metz ago to enroll in Langres the King of Burgundy to be crowned. The provincial synod of the Archdiocese of Trier probably took place in Metz in 993 . In Robert's time, Ludwig the Child , the last Carolingian king of Eastern France , was twice in Metz. The West Frankish King Karl III was also several times . in Metz. It is unclear, however, which political role Robert played between the East and West Frankish empires.

In the tradition, Robert appears primarily as a monastery reformer. He is also famous for the renewal of the city ​​walls of Metz . At that time the monastic life of his diocese was in crisis. Robert therefore also took over the management of the Gorze Abbey , which was an episcopal own monastery . A real monastery reform did not begin until much later under Bishop Adalbero I of Bar . His relationship with the Carolingian house monastery of St. Arnulf was not free from tension. After his death he was buried in the monastery of St. Gallen.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ RI I n 1719a, in:. Regesta Imperii Online (Accessed on January 21, 2013)
  2. ↑ RI I n 1790a, in:. Regesta Imperii Online (Accessed on January 21, 2013)
  3. ^ RI I, 3.2 n.864, in: Regesta Imperii Online (accessed on January 21, 2013)
  4. ↑ RI I n.1883a, in: Regesta Imperii Online (accessed on January 21, 2013)

literature

predecessor Office successor
Whale Bishop of Metz
883–917 		Wigerich
personal data
SURNAME Robert I of Metz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ruotbert, Robert von Metz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Metz
DATE OF BIRTH 9th century
DATE OF DEATH January 917