Thietmar of Hildesheim

Thietmar von Hildesheim Tymmo (Adam von Bremen), Tiemo, Thietmarus, Thetmarus, Thiatmarus, Diothmarus, Deotharus, T (h) etmarus, Detmarus, Deithmarus, Teythmarus , († November 14, 1044 in Hildesheim ) was Bishop of Hildesheim from 1038 to 1038 1044.

He was a native Dane. He is mentioned for the first time when he accompanied Gunhild as a clergyman , the daughter of Canute the Great, to Nijmegen , where she joined Heinrich III on June 29, 1036 . married and took the name Kunigunde. He became the queen's chaplain and thus a member of the royal court orchestra. However, she died on July 18, 1038. After Adam von Bremen , Conrad II transferred the diocese of Hildesheim to him on the recommendation of Gunhild after Godehard's death on May 5, 1038.

On August 20, 1038, he was ordained bishop in Lorsch from Archbishop Bardo of Mainz. In 1039 he introduced Adelheid , Otto II's daughter, to the Gandersheim monastery as abbess .

A preserved only in a copy inscription on azelin chandelier in Hildesheim Cathedral , the oldest of four preserved Romanesque wheel-shaped chandeliers in Germany, has Bishop Thietmar than its founders.

Thietmar is buried next to Bishop Godehard in the crypt of Hildesheim Cathedral.

literature

• Hans Goetting : The diocese of Hildesheim: Part 3: The Hildesheim bishops from 815 to 1221 (1227) (= Germania sacra. The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The diocese of Hildesheim. New series, vol. 20). de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 1984, ISBN 3-11-010004-5 , pp. 256-263. ( Digitized version )

predecessor	Office	successor
Godehard	Bishop of Hildesheim 1038-1044	Azelin