Albert von Behaim or Albertus Bohemus (ca. 1180 – 1260) was a
papal legate and supporter of
papal rights against the
Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II.
Life
Likely born at
Boheiming or ''Böhaming'', in the
Diocese of Passau
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, where he was employed at the papal court as an expert in law. In 1237, he returned to Germany, and through his efforts a league was formed against Frederick II between
Otto of Bavaria,
Wenceslaus of Bohemia, and
Frederick of Austria. When
excommunication
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was pronounced against the emperor in 1239, Behaim was made a permanent delegate and commissioned to make the sentence effective. For that purpose he appealed to the bishops of Germany (1240), and when they proved themselves negligent he excommunicated a number of ecclesiastics and laymen of prominence. At the same time, he worked for the election of a new king. However, his excessive severity had no effect, and he was forced to leave the country. In 1245, he was at the
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, where Frederick was again excommunicated, and he worked as before against the emperor.
His office of papal delegate came to an end in 1253. From that time he lived in Passau, where he had been dean of the chapter since 1246. He laboured with zeal, but not without many conflicts, until his death.
Works
He left two diaries, known as the first and second ''Missivbuch''. Fragments of the first were edited by
Andreas Felix von Oefele, in "Rerum Boicarum Scriptores", vol. 1; the second by
Konstantin von Höfler in "Bibliothek des litterarischen Vereins" (Stuttgart, 1847).
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1180s births
1260 deaths
13th-century German nobility