Henry I (Archbishop of Mainz)

Henry (Heinrich; c. 1080; died 1 or 3 September 1153 in Einbeck) was archbishop of Mainz from 1142 to 1153.

In his early years as archbishop he was assisted by Anselm of Havelberg.[1] He supported Friedrich von Staufen as successor to Konrad III of Germany.[2]

At the time of the Second Crusade, he tried to prevent a repetition of the 1096 violence against the Jews of Mainz. He called in Bernard of Clairvaux, to counter inflammatory preaching by a monk, Radulphe.[3]

He was a supporter and correspondent of Hildegard of Bingen.[4][5] He consecrated the church of her convent at Rupertsberg in 1152.[6] He has been portrayed showing her works to Pope Eugene III and Bernard of Clairvaux.[7]

He was archchancellor of Germany, ex officio, but also of Burgundy at the end of his life.[8]

Notes

  1. ↑ Jay Terry Lees, Anselm of Havelberg: Deeds Into Words in the Twelfth Century (1998), p. 60.
  2. ↑ Cawley, Charles, GERMANY, Kings, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, retrieved August 2012,
  3. ↑ St. Bernard of Clairvaux
  4. ↑ History: Woman under monasticism: chapters on saint-lore and convent life between A.D. 500 and A.D. 1500: Browse Text
  5. ↑ Keith C. Sidwell, Reading Medieval Latin (1995), p. 286.
  6. ↑ The Rupertsberg
  7. ↑ St. Rochus' Chapel near Bingen
  8. ↑
Preceded by
Markholf		 Archbishop of Mainz
1142–1153 		Succeeded by
Arnold