Wortwin (Protonotary)

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Wortwin (* around 1135 ; † 1198 ) was canon in Würzburg , Aschaffenburg and Mainz and from 1172 to 1180 protonotary of Emperor Friedrich I.

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so-called Lucius certificate from 1184, made out for the Aschaffenburg Abbey under Provost Wortwin

Wortwin, probably born in Franconia between 1130 and 1135 , received his school education in Würzburg. He was sponsored by his uncle (?) Of the same name ( Wortwin the Elder ). The latter met in 1113 as a canon at the Neumünster collegiate monastery , and in 1128 there as dean. In this function he was mentioned for the last time in 1161. He presumably died in 1161/62, because in 1162 a certain Richer is mentioned as Dean of Neumünster.

First mentioned as canon of Neumünster zu Würzburg ( Worthwinus junior) in 1159 at the age of 25, Wortwin first worked in the office of the Würzburg bishops Heinrich II von Stühlingen and Herold . In 1172 he was appointed imperial protonotary by Friedrich I. Barbarossa and thus belonged to the ruler's inner circle of advisors. In the same year he also became canon in Würzburg. As a notary, he was responsible for the famous imperial diploma that has been known as the Güldene Freiheit since Lorenz Fries . In it, Friedrich Barbarossa certified the Bishop of Würzburg the right to have the title and rights of Duke of Franconia . After 1180 he is no longer verifiable in the imperial chancellery and acted as provost of the Würzburg collegiate monastery Neumünster.

In 1183 Wortwin was elected provost of the collegiate monastery of St. Peter and Alexander zu Aschaffenburg. He also served as pastor at Gochsheim, where - not uncommon at the time - he was usually represented by a vicar.

In a solemn privilege of December 21, 1184, Pope Lucius III. Provost Wortwin and the canons of Aschaffenburg ( Ortwino preposito et canonicis Ascafunburgen.) Apostolic protection. The papal deed also describes the possessions of the pen. Numerous communities around Aschaffenburg are also first mentioned in this document. In 1186 he became provost of St. Viktor's monastery in front of Mainz . In the following years notarizations were made in Würzburg, Aschaffenburg and Mainz.

The year 1198 is assumed to be the year of death, the date of death has not been recorded.

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Wortwin's original seal as a Protonotary

Wortwin certified a document dated January 24, 1179 as provost of the Worms collegiate monastery of St. Andreas with his seal, which is well preserved and represents the oldest known inseal of an imperial protonotary. The shape pointed oval, the inscription: + WORTWIN (us). D (e) I - GRAT (ia). I (m) P (er) IAL (is). AVLE. P (ro) THONOTARI (us). The seal picture shows him standing, bare-headed, holding a book in his left hand stretched sideways, the angled right hand raised as if in an oath. The spiritual garment shows over a long Albe a dalmatica whose hem is embroidered. The obliquely tied stole on the side shows that Wortwin had the degree of deacon . How long he held the office in Worms is not known.

literature

  • Peter Kolb, Ernst-Günther Krenig (Ed.): Lower Franconian history . Volume 1: From the Germanic conquest to the high Middle Ages . Echter, Würzburg 1989, ISBN 3-429-01263-5 , p. 344.
  • Friedrich Hausmann : Wortwin. Protonotary of Emperor Frederick I, provost of Aschaffenburg . In: Aschaffenburg yearbook. Volume 4, 1957, ISSN  0518-8520 , pp. 321-372.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lucius III. - RI IV, 4,4,2 n.1344 1184 December 21, Verona. Regesta Imperii , accessed July 10, 2017 .
  2. ^ Friedrich Hausmann: Wortwin, Protonotary Emperor Friedrich I.
  3. ^ Friedrich Hausmann: Wortwin, Protonotar Kaiser Friedrichs I. , p. 354.
personal data
SURNAME Wortwin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Author of the Güldenen Freiheit, advisor to Friedrich Barbarossa
DATE OF BIRTH before 1135
DATE OF DEATH after 1198