Werner von Minden
Werner von Minden († 1170 ) was Bishop of Minden from 1153 to 1170 .
Life
He was possibly a Herr von Veltheim or a Herr von Bückeburg . Before the bishopric he was provost of the cathedral in Minden. In his choice he was possibly supported by Heinrich the Lion , who had an accumulation of Guelph property and property rights in the area of the diocese of Minden, for example near Vehlen , and in the Bückeburg Forest. Werner von Minden consecrated the Schinna monastery in the year of his election . In 1160 he was present at the council in Pavia . He stayed close to Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa and took part in the Council of Lodi in 1161. Even after his return to Germany, he remained loyal to the policies of Kaiser Friedrich and Rainald von Dassel . Werner was present when the bones of Charlemagne were reburied in a magnificent shrine in Aachen . He brought the Loccum monastery in 1163 under the jurisdiction of the diocese of Minden. In 1164 he participated in the penal procession of Archbishop Rainald von Dassel and other bishops against Count Heinrich von Arnsberg . Then he went to a provincial synod in Cologne. He founded Obernkirchen Abbey in 1167 . In 1168 took place in the cathedral of Minden the marriage of Henry the Lion with Mathilde Plantagenet instead, performed the Bishop Werner. With both Heinrich the Lion and Friedrich I he sought a good understanding and did not take an active part in the arguments between the two. In his time, the canons' common lifestyle came to an end . He then has the Präbendenverteilung reorganized and established four vicarages.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Wolfgang Leschhorn : The wedding of Henry the Lion with Mathilde of England in Minden Cathedral in 1168 , ceremonial speech on the occasion of the 840th anniversary of the wedding in 2008. Available online: PDF
- ^ Nathalie Kruppa: Relationship between bishop and cathedral chapter using the example of the diocese of Minden. PDF file
literature
- Church Lexicon or Encyclopedia of Catholic Theology . Volume 7, Freiburg im Breisgau 1851, p. 150
- Schroeder: Chronicle of the diocese and the city of Minden . Minden 1886, p. 101ff.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Ebeling: The German bishops until the end of the sixteenth century . Volume 2, Leipzig 1858, p. 260
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Heinrich I. |
Bishop of Minden 1153–1170 |
Anno from Landsberg |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Werner von Minden |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Minden |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 11th century or 12th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1170 |