William of Modena

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Seal of Wilhelm of Modena as Cardinal Bishop

Wilhelm von Modena OCart , also Wilhelm von Sabina or Wilhelm von Piemont , (* around 1184 in Piedmont ; † March 31, 1251 in Lyon ) was made a legate by the Pope in 1224 for Livonia , Prussia , Holstein , Estonia , Semgallia , Samland , Courland , Wierland , Guland ( Öland ?), Bornholm , Rügen and Gotland . He became Bishop of Modena in 1221 and Cardinal Bishop of Sabina in 1244 .

Life

Early years

In his youth he joined the Carthusian Order. He held the title of Magister . From 1211 to 1216 he was a notary in the papal office. Between December 13, 1219 and February 24, 1220 he was appointed Vice Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church , which he remained until at least April 1222.

Acting as Bishop of Modena and Legate

Probably in May 1222 he was appointed Bishop of Modena , he was the first bishop of this diocese to be appointed directly by the Pope. He received his episcopal ordination from Pope Honorius III. personally. From May 4, 1224 to September of the same year, he was, together with the Bishop of Brescia , inquisitor in Lombardy. William of Modena was appointed legate for Livonia (the Baltic States ) on December 31, 1224 , and he entrusted the leadership of the diocese of Modena to canons as his vicars. Possibly in autumn 1228, but no later than July 18, 1229 he was a legate in Denmark, Sweden and Prussia, where he operated the Christianization of the Baltic States with the help of the Dominican Brothers. In early 1230 he returned to Rome to report on his legation. Then he went back to his diocese and stayed there until he resigned the bishopric of Modena on September 21, 1233. On February 9, 1234 he was sent as legatus a latere to Livonia to build up the church structures there and on behalf of the Appointing Pope's bishops. From January 1236 to September 24, 1243 Wilhelm was in charge of the Apostolic Penitentiary . In addition, in August / September 1243 he was a member of a peace delegation that the newly elected Pope Innocent IV had sent to Emperor Frederick II, accompanied by the later Cardinals Pierre de Colmieu and Guillaume de Talliante , among others . In 1243 the papal legate Wilhelm von Modena divided the Prussia into four dioceses: Kulmerland , Pomesanien , Ermland and Samland . Under the pontificate of Gregory IX. he participated in the canonization of Dominic .

Cardinalate

Pope Innocent IV elevated Wilhelm von Modena in the consistory of May 28, 1244 to Cardinal Bishop of Sabina . As such, he prepared between June 22, 1244 and February 17, 1251 Apostolic Letters. He accompanied Innocent IV in 1244 on his flight from Rome to Sutri and Civitavecchia, from where he embarked on July 7th of the same year with the Pope for Genoa. On July 15, 1244, reappointed legate for the Baltic States, he was unable to exercise this legation because he was indispensable at the curia , and his chaplain, who later became Bishop of Coira Enrico, a Dominican nun , was sent in his place .

Wilhelm von Sabina was a participant in the First Council of Lyon . In 1247 he traveled to Norway , where he took part in the coronation of King Håkon Håkonsson , and Sweden , where the first steps towards the legal separation of the church from the state were initiated and canon law was introduced in Sweden at the church meeting of Skänninge in 1248 . On the return journey he took part in Aachen on November 1, 1248, in the coronation of Wilhelm of Holland as Roman (counter) king .

Last years and death

From September 5, 1249 to May 13, 1250, Wilhelm retired to a Carthusian monastery. Then he devoted himself again to the affairs of Northern Europe in the papal curia.

Wilhelm von Modena died on March 31, 1251 in Lyon and was buried in the Dominican church there.

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Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Joseph Bender : Limitation, classification and churches of the former diocese of Pomesania. In: Magazine for the history and archeology of Warmia. Volume 2, year 1861–1863, Mainz 1863, pp. 178–191 ( full text )
predecessor Office successor
Goffredo da Castglione Cardinal Bishop of Sabina
1244–1251 		Pierre de Bar
Martin II Bishop of Modena
1222–1233 		Alberto Boschetti
personal data
SURNAME William of Modena
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilhelm of Sabina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION papal legate
DATE OF BIRTH around 1184
PLACE OF BIRTH Piedmont
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1251
Place of death Lyon