Volkmar von Minden

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Volkmar (also Folkmar or Volmarusus ) († June 24, 1094 , 1095 or August 29, 1096 ) was (counter) bishop of Minden from 1080, effectively from 1089 until his death .

Volkmar was the first of a number of Minden counter-bishops who tried to rule against the bishop appointed by the Pope according to canon law. The dispute over the succession of Bishop Egilbert (also called "Mindener Bischofsschisma") is probably due to the investiture dispute between the emperor and the pope. The time of the opposing bishops in Minden only ended in 1120 with the consecration of Sigward . The Pope's candidate was Reinward . Volkmar was appointed bishop by the emperor at the same time as Reinwards was appointed in 1080. Reinward was able to maintain the papal claims in Minden until his death in 1089, so that Volkmar only took possession of the Minden monastery after Reinward's death in 1089 .

It is said that Volkmar was a canon in Hildesheim before his time as Bishop of Minden . As a bishop he is said to have been of an ungodly character. Volkmar was murdered on Johannes-Baptist-Nacht 1094, i.e. June 24th 1094, or 1095 or not until August 29th 1096 (cf. the day of the beheading of John ). Volkmar was the only bishop of Minden who was murdered. At most, the fates of Wulfhar and Theodoric are distantly comparable, since both were killed on the battlefield. It is said that Volkmar was not buried in the Minden Cathedral with honor of a bishop , but - as one source says - was buried under the Schwibbogen .

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  1. ^ Karl Friedrich Pauli: General Prussian state history, including all associated duchies, principalities, counties and lordships . tape 5 . Christoph Peter Franckens, Halle 1764, p. 88 ( digitized from Google Books ).
  2. ↑ 1080. Bishop's Schism in Minden. In: Internet portal Westphalian history. Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe , LWL Institute for Westphalian Regional History, January 28, 2004, accessed on October 12, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Ernst Friedrich Moyer: Onomasticon chronographikon hierarchiae germanicae: Directory of the German bishops since the year 800 AD, together with an appendix, containing the dignitaries of some abbeys and knights . Self-published by the author, Minden 1854, p. 70/71 ( digitized from Google Books ).
  4. ↑ Minden . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages . tape VI . Artemis - & - Winkler-Verlag, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-7608-8906-9 , p. 631 ( HTML ).
predecessor Office successor
Egilbert Bishop of Minden
1080 / 1089-1096 		Ulrich or Widelo (opposing bishops)
personal data
SURNAME Volkmar von Minden
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Folkmar; Volmarusus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Minden
DATE OF BIRTH 10th century or 11th century
DATE OF DEATH June 24th 1094 or August 29th 1096