Unger from Posen

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Unger was Bishop of Posen from 992 to 1012.

Life

Unger's origin is unknown. He was probably abbot in the Memleben monastery until 992. In the year 1000 he was Bishop of Posen and was present at the Gnesen Act . The diocese of Posen was not subordinated to the new Archdiocese of Gniezno . In 1004 he was arrested on a trip to Rome .

Unger probably died outside Poland on June 9, 1012.

literature

  • Stanisław Trawkowski: Początki Kościoła w Polsce za panowania Mieszka I , in: Civitas Schinesghe. Mieszko I i początki państwa polskiego , Poznań, Gniezno 2004, pp. 49-70
  • Tadeusz Wasilewski: Kościół monarszy w X-XII wieku i jego zwierzchnik biskup polski , in: Kwartalnik historyczny , 92, 1985
  • Paul Fridolin Kehr, The Archdiocese of Magdeburg and the first organization of the Christian Church in Poland , treatises of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, 1920, pp. 25, 33 ff.
personal data
SURNAME Unger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Poznan
DATE OF BIRTH 10th century
DATE OF DEATH uncertain: June 9, 1012