Wilhelm Westphal (Bishop)

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Bishop's coat of arms of Wilhelm Westphal, from the Rehbein Chronicle
Gravestone for Bishop Wilhelm Westphal

Wilhelm Westphal , also Westval or Westfal (* 1443 in Lübeck ; † December 31, 1509 ibid) was Bishop of Lübeck .

Life

Wilhelm Westphal was the son of the mayor Johann Westphal and Margaretha von Calven. He had enrolled at the University of Rostock in May 1457 and there acquired the academic degree of Bachelor of the Seven Liberal Arts in the winter semester of 1459/60 . He became a canon in Lübeck, was a notary of the Roman Rota and briefly archdeacon in Stargard and later became provost of the cathedral in Lübeck. On August 30, 1506 he was elected Bishop of Lübeck. On November 27, 1506 he received papal confirmation and on August 22, 1507 he was ordained a bishop . He consecrated the Church of St. Anne in 1508 , but did not make any particular appearances during his brief tenure. He was buried in the choir of the Lübeck Cathedral . His grave slab with the figure of the blessing bishop was erected at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries on the southern wall of the choir by the rood screen, where it has been preserved to this day.

The Lübeck councilor Heinrich Westfal was his brother.

literature

  • Johannes Baltzer , Friedrich Bruns : The architectural and art monuments of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck. Issued by the building authorities. Volume III: Church of Old Lübeck. Dom. Jakobikirche. Aegidia Church. Verlag von Bernhard Nöhring, Lübeck 1920, pp. 249–250 (illustration of the grave slab p. 249) Unchanged reprint 2001: ISBN 3-89557-167-9 .
  • Christiane Schuchard: The Rota-Notaries from the dioceses of the German-speaking area 1471–1527 - A biographical directory. In: Sources and research from Italian archives and libraries. Volume 93, Issue 1, pp. 104-210, here pp. 198-199.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Seal of the Middle Ages from the archives of the city of Lübeck, Volume 10, p. 41
  2. ↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal ; Wilhelmus Westphal honoratus propter patruum suum dominum episcopum Lubicensem secunda die. Postea episcopus lubicensis.
  3. ^ Matriculation University Rostock IS 123 Sp. A as Wilhelmus Westuael
  4. ^ Rostock matriculation portal, entry in the dean's book, WS 1459/60, Phil. Fac., No. 1
  5. ^ Johann Jakob Sell: History of the Duchy of Pomerania: from the oldest times to the death of the last Duke, or to the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 . Berlin 1819, p. 286 ( books.google.de )
  6. ^ Theodor Hach: Lübeck bell customer . 1913, p. 88
  7. ↑ Memories register: "sepultus in medio choris"
  8. ↑ Baltzer, Bruns (1920), p. 250.
predecessor Office successor
Dietrich II. Arndes Bishop of Lübeck
1506–1509 		John VIII Grimholt
personal data
SURNAME Westphal, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Westval, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Lübeck
DATE OF BIRTH 1443
PLACE OF BIRTH Lübeck
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1509
Place of death Lübeck