Salmann Cleman

Family coat of arms of the bishop, from "Wormatiensis Chronici", by Georg Helwich , 1614

Salmann Cleman (* shortly before 1299; † before May 15, 1359 ) was Bishop of Worms from 1329 to 1359 .

Life

Salmann comes from a patrician family in Mainz, his father Johann Cleman was mayor in Mainz . The family named itself after the “Hof zum Cleman”, later “Gasthaus zu den drei Kronen”, then the main post office.

In 1316 he was custodian of the St. Peter monastery in Mainz and before 1324 was provost of the St. Stephan collegiate monastery in Mainz. In 1326 he became a canon in Worms , the claim to a canonical in Mainz could not be enforced against the resistance of the Mainz cathedral chapter . Pope John XXII. Salmann appointed Bishop of Worms in 1329, while the cathedral chapter elected Gerlach Schenk von Erbach as bishop. The schism in the diocese continued after Gerlach's death in 1332. In 1335 the cathedral chapter asked Archbishop Baldwin of Trier to take over the administration of the diocese together with two other capitulars. In 1337 Baldwin returned the administration to the Pope's legate. After an arbitration decision by Emperor Ludwig, the cathedral chapter was ready to recognize Salmann as bishop under the threat of interdict and imperial ban. The disputes over the occupation of the bishopric brought the spiritual life almost to a standstill and damaged the finances of the diocese. The conflicts in the city continued even among Salmann's successors. In 1349 the citizens incited by flagellants attacked the Worms Jewish quarter . Over 400 Jews fell victim to the pogrom. On April 16, 1359, Dietrich Bayer von Boppard was appointed coadjutor of Salmann, who was no longer able to exercise his office due to his age and health. He resigned shortly after and passed away soon after. Dietrich was appointed bishop on May 15th.

literature

Burkard Keilmann: Salmann Cleman. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-428-11203-2 , p. 385 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Chapter on Bishop Salmann Cleman (with coat of arms) by Georg Helwich, 1614

Individual evidence

^ Journal of the Association for Research into Rhenish History and Antiquities , Volume 2, Mainz, 1864, p. 423; (Digital scan)
^ Karl Anton Schaab : History of the great Rhenish city federation, donated to Mainz in 1254 by Arnold Walpod , Volume 1, Mainz, 1843, p. 94; (Digital scan)
↑ Burkard Keilmann: Gerlach Schenk von Erbach († 1332) , in: The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire 1198 to 1448. A biographical encyclopedia , ed. by Erwin Gatz , Berlin 2000, p. 872 f.
^ Karl Heinz Debus, Mainz, Worms and Speyer, in Festschrift Balduin von Luxemburg. 1285 - 1354 , Mainz 1985 p. 435 ff. (Salman Waltpot instead of Salman Cleman called there)

predecessor	Office	successor
Conrad IV of Schöneck	Bishop of Worms 1329 / 32–1359	Dietrich Bayer from Boppard

personal data
SURNAME	Salmann Cleman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Worms
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1299
DATE OF DEATH	before May 15, 1359

[1] Journal of the Association for Research into Rhenish History and Antiquities , Volume 2, Mainz, 1864, p. 423; (Digital scan)

[2] Karl Anton Schaab : History of the great Rhenish city federation, donated to Mainz in 1254 by Arnold Walpod , Volume 1, Mainz, 1843, p. 94; (Digital scan)

[3] Burkard Keilmann: Gerlach Schenk von Erbach († 1332) , in: The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire 1198 to 1448. A biographical encyclopedia , ed. by Erwin Gatz , Berlin 2000, p. 872 f.

[4] Karl Heinz Debus, Mainz, Worms and Speyer, in Festschrift Balduin von Luxemburg. 1285 - 1354 , Mainz 1985 p. 435 ff. (Salman Waltpot instead of Salman Cleman called there)