Siegfried III. from Venningen

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Siegfried III. von Venningen († September 2, 1459 in Heidelberg ) was bishop of the Principality of Speyer from 1456 to 1459 .

Life

Siegfried III. came from the right Hilsbach line of the von Venningen family , whose line Venningen-Neidenstein was named after Neidenstein Castle . After the historian Franz Xaver Remling , Siegfried III was. the son of Eberhard von Venningen and his wife Else von Fellberg and when he was elected he held the offices of the Speyer Cathedral Scholaster and the Provost in the Allerheiligen monastery . He was the first family member to become a canon in the diocese of Speyer and he was the only one to become a bishop. The elevated position of the family, which enabled access to the offices, went back to the sister's marriage to Konrad von Helmstatt . Siegfried's brother Nikolaus was also able to embark on a spiritual career. Konrad von Helmstatt was Heidelberger Vogt and bailiff of Amberg and a grandnephew of former Bishop Raban of Helmstatt .

by Siegfried III. Loan deed issued by Venningen

Siegfried von Venningen received in 1456, on Sunday after All Saints, in the Abbey Maulbronn , by the Wormser Pastors Reinhard of Sickingen episcopal ordination, Mitkonsekrator was the Speyer Auxiliary Bishop Peter Spitznagel .

Siegfried III. continued the rapprochement between the diocese and the Electoral Palatinate and maintained a friendly relationship with Friedrich I of the Palatinate . He tried to mediate between Friedrich I and the Archbishop of Mainz Konrad III. from Dhaun .

In 1459 the shepherd went to Italy and met Pope Pius II , who appointed him his nuncio and spokesman in Germany. Soon after his return, Bishop Siegfried von Venningen died while visiting the electoral court in Heidelberg. At that time the rumor spread that he had been poisoned by envious people.

Sculptures from his epitaph in Speyer Cathedral have been preserved and are exhibited in the Afra chapel .

The bishop appointed his eldest brother Eberhard von Venningen to be court master . In 1457 he appointed Dieter, the second-born, to be the bishop's bailiff at Bruhrain . He was married to Else von Hornberg and had with her the son Zurich von Venningen, who was already at the episcopal ordination of Siegfried III. is recorded in his wake. The youngest brother of Bishop Siegfried was Nikolaus von Venningen, Cathedral Chapter in Speyer.

coat of arms

Family coat of arms in Scheibler's coat of arms book

The prince-bishop's coat of arms is usually quartered . The fields of the coat of arms alternate with the family coat of arms of the von Venningen, two crossed red lilies or glazes on silver and the coat of arms of the diocese of Speyer, a silver cross on a blue background.

literature

Web links

Commons : Siegfried III. von Venningen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.manfred-hiebl.de/mittelalter-genealogie/mittelalter/bistuemer/speyer/speyer_bistum.html
  2. ^ Franz Xaver Remling : History of the Bishops of Speyer , Volume 2, Mainz 1854, page 96 ( digitized version )
  3. ↑ ibid., P. 99 and 100; ( Episcopal ordination in Maulbronn )
  4. ↑ On the appointment as nuncio and the sudden death of the bishop
  5. ↑ Franz Xaver Remling : History of the Bishops of Speyer , Volume 2, Mainz 1854, pages 100 and 101 ( digitized version )
  6. ^ Franz Xaver Remling : History of the Bishops of Speyer , Volume 2, Mainz 1854, page 97 ( digitized version )
predecessor Office successor
Reinhard von Helmstatt Bishop of Speyer
1456-1459 		Johannes II. Nix von Hoheneck
personal data
SURNAME Venningen, Siegfried III. from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Venningen, Siegfried III. Baron of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Speyer
DATE OF BIRTH 14th century or 15th century
DATE OF DEATH September 2, 1459
Place of death Heidelberg