Rotho (bishop)
Rotho or Rudolf von Büren (or: de Buren); (* around 1000; † November 7, 1051 in Paderborn ) was bishop of Paderborn from 1036 to 1051 .
He probably comes from the family of the Counts of Werl in Westphalia. He was possibly the son of Rudolf von Werl and was thus a grandson of the Burgundian king's daughter Gerberga from her first marriage to Count Hermann (I) von Werl around 980 . He owes his rise to his aunt, the Empress Gisela . In 1043 he was present at her burial in Speyer Cathedral .
He was first a monk and then provost in the Reform Monastery of Stablo . Since 1031/32 he was abbot of the Hersfeld monastery . In 1036 he became Bishop of Paderborn as the successor of the blessed Meinwerk . In 1037 he accompanied Conrad II on his journey to Rome.
With Heinrich III. he was on the best of terms, also with the reform papacy. Shortly before his death, the emperor visited him in Paderborn to celebrate Pentecost. At the same time there was an attempt to settle the dispute between the heirs of Count Palatine Ezzo . Because of his family connections, Rotho was particularly suitable as a mediator. After his death he was venerated as a saint because he allegedly made the Pader springs medicinal. Some of the Paders still bear the name Rothobornpader today .
A grave monument erected around 1450 by Wilhelm von Büren and Irmgard zur Lippe in the north transept of the cathedral commemorates him.
literature
- Paul Leidinger : The Counts of Werl and Werl-Arnsberg (approx. 980–1124): Genealogy and aspects of their political history in the Ottonian and Salian times. In: Harm Klueting (Ed.): The Duchy of Westphalia. Volume 1: The Electoral Cologne Duchy of Westphalia from the beginnings of Cologne's rule in southern Westphalia to secularization in 1803. Aschendorff, Münster 2009, ISBN 978-3-402-12827-5 , pp. 119–170, here p. 148.
- Paul Leidinger: Rotho (Bishop). In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 8, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-053-0 , Sp. 828-829.
- Herbert Zielinski : Rotho. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-428-11203-2 , p. 128 f. ( Digitized version ).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| My work |
Bishop of Paderborn 1036–1051 |
Imad |
| Bardo |
Abbot of Hersfeld 1031-1036 |
Meginher |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Rotho |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rudolf von Büren; Rudolf de Buren |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Paderborn |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1000 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 1051 |
| Place of death | Paderborn |