Udo II of Veldenz

Udo II von Veldenz († April 4, 1186, probably in Naumburg ) was bishop of Naumburg from 1161 to 1186 .

Life

Udo came from the Ludowinger family and was the son of Count Gerlach I of Veldenz and Cäcilie († 1141), the daughter of Ludwig the Springer . So his uncle Udo I was from Thuringia . From 1140 to 1159 he is attested as provost in Zeitz , who was ordained as Bishop of Naumburg on October 2, 1161.

As a supporter of the Hohenstaufen he was on imperial affairs in Italy and Burgundy in 1162 . He took part in the Prince's Day in Nuremberg in 1163 , exchanged goods with the Oberzell Monastery in 1164 , stayed often near the emperor Barbarossa and took part in the procession against Rome in 1167. Through the exchange with Oberzell, he got for the diocese to the estates in Ostheim, Lauringen, Höchheim, Himmelstadt, Birkenfeld and Karbach. In 1169 he donated the Aue forest in front of Naumburg to the Naumburg cathedral chapter, and in 1173 he witnessed the founding of the cell near Aue monastery , which indicates interest in the development of the Western Ore Mountains for the Naumburg diocese. In particular, he took care of the expansion of the monasteries of the diocese of Naumburg. So special to the Monastery Bosau , Monastery Schulpforte that Zeitz Stephan monastery, nunnery Remse, and for the Naumburg Invent arias St. Moritz and St. George. In addition, together with the emperor, he founded the canons' monastery on the mountain in front of Altenburg, which is consecrated to him. In 1179 he took part in the Third Lateran Council in Rome and appeared for the last time in 1185 as a document issuer.

The chronicles write about him that he died very old. Naumburg would be possible as the place of death, since as an old, frail man he would no longer have traveled. The place of his burial is unknown, the plausible reference to a burial in Naumburg Cathedral comes from the Taubesche Chronik of the history forger Johann Georg Rauhe . A representation of his person is in the Naumburg Cathedral in the west choir on the north side in the so-called lay window from the 13th century. In addition, two bracteates are known from his time.

literature

• Heinz Wießner: The Diocese of Naumburg 1 - The Diocese 2 . In: Max Planck Institute for History (Ed.): Germania Sacra , NF 35,2, The Dioceses of the Church Province of Magdeburg . Berlin / New York 1998, pp. 779-785.

predecessor	Office	successor
Berthold I of Boblas	Bishop of Naumburg 1161–1186	Berthold II.