Siegfried (Regensburg)

Siegfried (* between 1188 and 1197 ; † March 19, 1246 ) was the 27th Bishop of Regensburg from 1227 to 1246 .

After a minority of the cathedral chapter elected the cathedral provost Gottfrid as bishop, who rewarded them with church property, Pope Gregory IX intervened . and the Mainz cantor Siegfried emerged as the new bishop from the forced election. With him, Frederick II had a loyal supporter, whom he appointed Chancellor in 1230. Siegfried benefited from resolutions u. a. at the Diet of Ravenna, in which the rights of the episcopal cities were curtailed in favor of the bishops. Siegfried's debts led to an investigation commissioned by the Pope, which should lead to Siegfried's excommunication . Albert Behaim, commissioned by the Pope, developed into an opponent in this dispute . The break with Friedrich II not only cost Siegfried his office as chancellor, but also induced the emperor to strengthen Regensburg's rights, which corresponded to an upgrade to an imperial city .

In 1240 the Pielenhofen Monastery was founded, which Siegfried promoted by incorporating the Pielenhofen parish .

literature

• Michael Buchberger (Ed.): 1200 years of the diocese of Regensburg . Regensburg 1939. p. 31.
• Josef Staber: Church history of the diocese of Regensburg . Regensburg 1966, pp. 42-45.
• Wilhelm Muschka: Bishop Siegfried von Regensburg, Chancellor of Emperor Friedrich II . (diss. phil.). Freiburg i. Br 2000 ( PDF ; 16.61 MB)
• Sebastian Gleixner:  Siegfried. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-428-11205-0 , p. 350 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

• Siegfried (Regensburg) in the personal register of the Germania Sacra online

predecessor	Office	successor
Conrad IV of Frontenhausen	Bishop of Regensburg 1227–1246	Albert I of Pietengau