Walter Supersaxo

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Walter Supersaxo (actually Walter auf der Flüe ; * around 1402 in Ernen ; † July 7, 1482 in Sion ) was a Valais prince-bishop of the diocese of Sion , who played an important role in the history of Valais .

Life

Walter Supersaxo was the son of Nikolaus uf der Flüe († before December 19, 1453) from Ernen and his wife Antonia. He was the father of Walter, Katharina and Jörg uf der Flüe († 1529), from whom an influential Sion bourgeois family descended.

In 1436 he became vicar of the cathedral in Sion and a year later he was secretary to Bishop Wilhelm III. by Raron. From 1441 to 1457 he was a notary and pastor in Ernen, and in 1443 he also became Canon of Sitten.

On December 20, 1457, Walter Supersaxo was elected to succeed Heinrich Esperlin as Bishop of Sion and on March 4, 1459 he was appointed to the office by Bishop Giacomo Filippo Crivelli in Novara . During his time as bishop and Count of Wallis to 1482 he was able to significantly strengthen the position of the diocese by about the foreign policy act of Zehnden circumcised and issued new synodal statutes and regulations other than a kind of state constitution. In the succession dispute after the old noble family von Raron died out, he was able to incorporate the Einfisch castling into the episcopal table and then use his son Jörg as castlan in the Einfisch valley. His brother Johann Supersaxo, a politician in Sion, supported the bishop in his activities.

In terms of foreign policy, he linked the Valais through new contracts with the city of Bern and with the Milan - Venice - Florence city ​​union . This strengthened Sitten's position against the county of Savoy ; After the battle on the Planta , the troops of the diocese and the Upper Valais Zehnden were able to conquer the Savoyard Lower Valais as far as Saint-Maurice .

The will of Bishop Walter Supersaxo dated June 29, 1482 is a source on his relatives. On July 7th, 1482 he died in the episcopal castle Tourbillon near Sion and was buried in the Barbara chapel, which he donated in his will in the cathedral of Sion Notre-Dame du Glarian .

During the reign of Bishop Supersaxo, the construction of the cathedral in Sion began.

Walter Supersaxo's successor as Bishop of Sion was Jost von Silenen .

literature

  • Philipp Kalbermatter: Walter Supersaxo. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  • Louis Carlen: 1000 years of the bishops of Sion (999–1999). In: Sheets from Valais history , 32, 2000.
  • Walter Supersaxo. In: The diocese of Sion. Le diocèse de Sion. L'archidocèse de Tarantaise. In: Helvetia Sacra , 1, 5, Basel 2001, pp. 212–214.
  • Alfred Grand: The Valais' share in the Burgundy Wars. In: Blätter aus der Walliser Geschichte, 1913, pp. 315–472.
  • Hans Anton von Roten: On the history of the Supersaxo family. In: Vallesia , 1974, pp. 1-29.
  • Philipp Kalbermatter (Ed.): Registrum domini Walteri Supersaxo episcopi Sedunensis. A copy book from Age II. Supersaxo, Bishop of Sitten, Count and Prefect of Wallis (1457–1482). 1990.
  • Chantal Ammann-Doubliez: "Pro futura memoria". Le testament de l'évêque de Sion Walter Supersaxo, préfet et comte du Valais (1482). 2001.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Anton von Roten, 1974 p. 10.
  2. ^ Josef Lambrigger: The pastors of Ernen 1214–1990. Pp. 16-17.
  3. ↑ Published in: Blätter für Walliser Geschichte , Volume 3, pp. 274–280.
personal data
SURNAME Walter Supersaxo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Walter on the wing
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop and politician of the Old Confederation
DATE OF BIRTH around 1402
PLACE OF BIRTH Appoint
DATE OF DEATH July 7, 1482
Place of death Manners