Adelog von Dorstadt (died 20 September 1190) was Bishop of Hildesheim from 1171 until his death.[1]
Biography edit
Born into a Saxon noble family, he was a relative of the Lords of Dorstadt. From about 1160 he appeared as a canon at Hildesheim Cathedral and provost of the cathedral chapter in Goslar. In the fierce Hohenstaufen–Welf dispute between Frederick Barbarossa and the Saxon duke Henry the Lion, Bishop Adelog acted cautiously and eventually sided with the emperor. When Henry was deposed in 1180, he achieved nearly independent status. Despite the tensions with the House of Welf, he also worked as diocesan bishop in the residence of Brunswick.
Adelog was a builder, overseeing the reconstruction of the St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim after the fire of 1186, the completion of the basilica St. Godehard, Hildesheim, and the construction of the Neuwerk monastery in Goslar. He also sponsored construction of the Our Lady Altar in Brunswick Cathedral, which he consecrated on 8 September 1188 in the presence of Henry the Lion, and in 1189 he confirmed and privileged the foundation of an Augustinian nunnery in Dorstadt.[2][3][4]
He died 20 September 1190 in Hildesheim and was buried in the Hildesheim Cathedral[5] Adelogs grave in the nave of the cathedral is made of ornate sandstone.[6]
References edit
- ^ Klössel-Luckhardt, Barbara (2018). Mittelalterliche Siegel des Urkundenfonds Walkenried. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag. p. 157. ISBN 978-3-8353-4060-2. OCLC 1022783394.
- ^ Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz: Adelog of Hildesheim. Biographic-bibliographic church encyclopedia (BBKL). Band 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975.
- ^ Karl Ludwig Grotefend: Adelog . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie Band 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, S. 79 f. Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig, 1875, pp. 79
- ^ Hans Jürgen Rieckenberg: Adelog. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, p.62.
- ^ Adolf Bertram , history of the bishopric of Hildesheim, Vol 1, Hildesheim 1899, p 203.
- ^ Originaltexte und Umstellung der Buchaufschrift nach Bertram, S. 202f
External links edit
- "Adelog of Hildesheim". Germania Sacra people index (in German). Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities.