Tore Den Trøndske

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Tore Den Trøndske († April 7, 1230 in Nidaros ) was Archbishop of Norway from 1227 to 1230 .

His parents are unknown.

He campaigned for the canonization of Archbishop Øystein Erlendsson , but his term of office was too short. In addition, the Pope demanded a report from the commission of inquiry established as to whether the people wanted such canonization at all. Now Øystein was not a man of the people, but rather of the high clergy. He was not a martyr, and miracles could not be associated with him. According to the archbishop's and cathedral chapter's report, the commission's report suffered from formal errors. Therefore, there was no canonization.

He received his nickname "den trønske" to distinguish it from the former Archbishop Tore Gudmundsson , who was nicknamed "den vidværske".

He was probably a canon in the cathedral chapter at Nidaros Cathedral when he was elected Archbishop of Nidaros to succeed Peter Brynjolfsson in the winter of 1226/1227 . He was ordained bishop in Rome in 1227 and returned to Norway in the spring of 1228.

When Tore took office that summer, one of his first tasks was to resolve the dispute between Bishop Guðmundur Arason von Hólar and the Icelandic chiefs. The chiefs Sigvat Sturlason and Sturla Sigvatsson had complained about Bishop Guðmundur in a letter to Tore. He invited Bishop Magnús Gissurarson von Skálholt, who apparently had supported the opponents of the Bishop of Hólar, and the two chiefs to Nidaros. Bishop Magnus came to Nidaros the following year, but the two chiefs did not. The dispute was therefore not resolved during Tores's tenure.

For the summer of 1229 he called a provincial council to Nidaros, on which Bishop Øystein was declared a saint. Since Øystein had been one of the most ardent campaigners for the privileges of the church, this process was also a political act against the royal power. At that time, Øystein's body was probably transferred to the cathedral church of Nidaros. Iceland already had two holy bishops at that time. They wanted Norway to catch up with Iceland. Despite later attempts, the Pope did not confirm this canonization.

After the fight against the Ribbunge ended in 1227, the king now wished to be crowned in order to strengthen his kingship. However, since he was born out of wedlock, a prior papal dispensation was required. So he sent a delegation to the Curia to present his request. Pope Gregory IX thereupon instructed the bishops of Lund and Skara to issue a statement. Since Håkon considered the Bishop of Skara to be partial, he wrote a letter of complaint to the Pope and sent another delegation to the Pope with a request to appoint other clergy to comment. The Pope agreed to this in 1229 and appointed Archbishop Tore and Bishop Arne von Bergen. This indicates a good relationship between Tore and the king. However, before the statement was made, Tore died and the coronation issue had to be suspended until further notice.

Individual evidence

The article is essentially taken from the Norsk biografisk leksikon . Any other information is shown separately.

  1. ↑ Dybdahl writes that the date of death is mentioned in the Icelandic annals as Easter. But in Gustav Storm: Islandske Annaler indtil 1578 and in Werlauff: Íslenzkir Annálar sive De annalibus islandicis , no date could be verified except for “1230”.
  2. ↑ Olav Martinsen
  3. ^ Regesta Norvegica vol. 1 no. 581.
  4. ^ Regesta Norvegica vol. 1 no. 582.
  5. ^ Regesta Norvegica vol. 1 no. 583.
  6. ^ Regesta Norvegica vol. 1 no. 584.
  7. ^ Regesta Norvegica vol. 1 no. 579.
  8. ^ Regesta Norvegica vol. 1 no. 580.
  9. ^ Regesta Norvegica vol. 1 no. 585.
  10. ^ Regesta Norvegica vol. 1 no. 610.

literature
predecessor Office successor
Peter Brynjulfsson Archbishop of Nidaros
1227–1230 		Sigurd Eindridesson Tafse
personal data
SURNAME Tore Den Trøndske
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Archbishop of Nidaros
DATE OF BIRTH 12th Century
DATE OF DEATH April 7, 1230
Place of death Trondheim