Starchand

Starchand († February 11, 966, probably in Eichstätt ) was Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt from 933 to 966 .

Starchand's origin and history are not known. Presumably he came from a Bavarian noble family . King Heinrich I had authorized the Bavarian Duke Arnulf I to appoint the Eichstatt Bishop . Nevertheless, Starchand managed to break free from Bavarian dependency during his time as bishop. In the wake of Otto the Great , he was at several synods, including the universal synod of Ingelheim . It was also Otto who gave him in 955 for his loyalty in the Liudolian uprising "a royal hood with all accessories in Sualafeldgau in the county of Ernest in the villages of Rohrbach ,Trugenhofen and Elimprunn ”gave.

The anonymous author of Herrieden , a biography of writer of the 11th century, raised Starchands services to the library forward and announced that Star Chand had formulated the inscription of his tomb himself and his friend, Bishop Ulrich of Augsburg was buried. Since neither said library nor the tomb have been preserved, these statements can no longer be checked or specified.

literature

• Klaus Kreitmeir: The bishops of Eichstätt. Eichstätt 1992: Verlag Kirchenzeitung, p. 15 (with illustration from the Pontifical Gundekarianum )
• Alfred Wendehorst : The diocese of Eichstätt. Volume 1: The row of bishops until 1535 . Series: Germania Sacra - New Episode 45 . Berlin 2006. ISBN 978-3-11-018971-1 . Pp. 44-45.

swell

• Population register 1964 city and district Neuburg / Danube

predecessor	Office	successor
Odalfried	Bishop of Eichstätt 933–966	Reginold