Adelog of Hildesheim
Adelog von Dorstadt was Bishop of Hildesheim from 1171AD to 1190AD.
Born into a Saxon noble family, he was a son of the Earl of Dorstadt and worked as diocesan bishop in the city of Braunschweig. He took a role in the Guelph – Hohenstaufen dispute between Frederick Barbarossa and Henry the Lion Duke of Saxony.
Adelog was a builder, overseeing the reconstruction of the St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim after the fire of 1186AD, the completion of the basilica St. Godehard in Hildesheim and the construction of the monastery of Neuwerk 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 1189AD he confirmed and privileged the foundation of the monastery at Dorstadt.[1][2][3]
He died 20 September 1190 in Hildesheim and was buried in the Hildesheim Cathedral[4] Adelogs grave in the nave of the cathedral is made of ornate sandstone.[5]
See also
- Adelochus, bishop of Strasbourg.
References
- ↑ 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
| Adelog of Dorstadt Born: 12th century Died: 20 September 1190 | ||
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| Preceded by Herrmann of Wennerde |
Bishop of Hildesheim 1171–1190 |
Succeeded by Berno |