Wichfrid

Wichfri (e) d , also Wigfri (e) d (* around 900; † July 9, 953 ) from the Matfriede family was Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cologne from 924 to 953 .

Life

Wichfrid was the son of Count Gerhard in Metzgau and the Oda of Saxony. She was a daughter of Otto the Illustrious , Duke of Saxony from the Liudolfinger family . Thus he was a nephew of King Heinrich I. His younger brother was Count Palatine Gottfried von Jülich . Wichfrid was Archaplain and Arch Chancellor under Otto the Great .

Archbishop Wichfrid belonged to the Cologne Cathedral Monastery before his election in 924. It is possible that he was only 25 years old when he was elected. On July 29, 927 Archbishop Wichfrid donated the nearby St. Mary's Church to the Ursulastift Köln with all income. He participated in the coronation of Otto I in Aachen in 936, but could not enforce his coronation right as a metropolitan, so that the three German archbishops carried out the coronation together. Wichfrid was the first bishop of Cologne to issue formal parchment documents based on the royal model.

In a document from Wichfrid, the Bayenturm is mentioned for the first time with the boundaries of the St. Severin parish. In 935 Archbishop Wichfrid donated the Rurdorf estate to the St. Ursula Monastery in Cologne . On September 9, 941, Archbishop Wichfrid donated the tithe from the Herrenhof in Cantenich and Hufen zu Rondorf, Hünningen, Bocklemündt, Frechen, the church with the tithe to Brenig in Bonn and wine and vines to Rhens to the St. Cäcilien monastery in Cologne . Wichfrid donated other worldly goods to monasteries, monasteries and abbeys. The Ursulastift received donations in 941. On May 29, 950, a place called Hubbelrath followed, half of which went to the Ursulastift.

He died after a long illness on July 9, 953 and was buried in St. Gereon . His successor was Brun , the brother of King Otto I.

literature

• History of the Archdiocese of Cologne . Volume 1: Eduard Hegel (Ed.): The Diocese of Cologne from the beginning to the end of the 12th century . 2nd edition revised by Friedrich Wilhelm Oediger. Bachem, Cologne 1971, pp. 97-99.
• Ekkart Sauser :  Wigfrid. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 22, Bautz, Nordhausen 2003, ISBN 3-88309-133-2 , Sp. 1520-1521.

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} Winfrid Glocker: The relatives of the Ottonians and their significance in politics. Studies on family policy and genealogy of the Saxon imperial family. Cologne 1989, p. 276.
2. ↑ Certificate  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the digital Cologne archive  
3. ^ History of the Archdiocese of Cologne . Volume 1: Eduard Hegel (Ed.): The Diocese of Cologne from the beginning to the end of the 12th century . 2nd edition revised by Friedrich Wilhelm Oediger. Bachem, Cologne 1971, p. 99.
4. ^ Website of the Cologne Cathedral
5. ^ Hermann Keussen : Topography of the City of Cologne in the Middle Ages . Volume I, p. 44, reference to Lacomblet : VJ 948, UB 1, 102 (Cardauns, Niederrhein. Annalen 26 / 37,314 - 347)
6. ^ Theodor Joseph Lacomblet: Document book for the history of the Lower Rhine . ( Memento of the original from May 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Volume 1. 2nd edition. Aalen 1966, p. 51 f. 
7. ^ Leonard Ennen, Gottfried Eckertz (ed.): Sources for the history of the city of Cologne , 1st volume. Cologne 1860, p. 464 f.

predecessor	Office	successor
Hermann I.	Archbishop of Cologne 924–953	Brun