Siboto from Seefeld

Siboto Seefeld († 13 / 15. August 1262 in Kaisheim ) was from 1227 to 1247 Bishop of Augsburg .

life and work

Siboto was first canon in Augsburg and was appointed subdeacon in 1217 . In 1227 he was consecrated as a bishop in Augsburg. In 1231 at the Worms Reichstag, Siboto signed an imperial law ( Statutum in favorem principum ) of King Henry VII . He later tried to resolve the dispute between Pope Gregory IX. and to finish with Emperor Friedrich II . He took the side of the emperor and was thereupon banned by the papal side. The bishop was excommunicated due to other incidents. In 1247 Siboto resigned from the office of bishop and from then on took part in the monastery life in Kaisheim.

literature

Günther Grünsteudel , Günter Hägele, Rudolf Frankenberger (eds.): Augsburger Stadtlexikon. 2nd Edition. Perlach, Augsburg 1998, ISBN 3-922769-28-4 .
Christian Hillen: Siboto von Seefeld. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-428-11205-0 , p. 306 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Siboto von Seefeld in the personal register of the Germania Sacra online

predecessor	Office	successor
Siegfried III. from Rechberg	Bishop of Augsburg 1227–1247	Hartmann von Dillingen

personal data
SURNAME	Siboto from Seefeld
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Augsburg
DATE OF BIRTH	12th century or 13th century
DATE OF DEATH	August 13, 1262 or August 15, 1262
Place of death	Kaisheim