Dietrich von Kittlitz otherwise Dietrich II of Meissen or Dietrich II von Kittlitz (died 29 August 1208) was
Bishop of Meissen
The Bishop of Dresden-Meissen is the Ordinary (Catholic Church), ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dresden-Meissen in the Archdiocese of Berlin.
The diocese covers an area of and was erected as the Diocese of Meissen on 24 June 1921. Th ...
from 1191 to 1208.
He was a member of the noble family of
Kittlitz. During his episcopate the
Priory of St. Afra in
Meissen
Meissen (in German orthography: ''Meißen'', ) is a town of approximately 30,000 about northwest of Dresden on both banks of the Elbe river in the Free State of Saxony, in eastern Germany. Meissen is the home of Meissen porcelain, the Albrecht ...
was founded, in 1205.
Bibliography
* Eduard Machatschek: ''Geschichte der Bischöfe des Hochstiftes Meissen in chronologischer Reihenfolge (...)'', pp. 136–145. Dresden 1884
External links
Marek Wejwoda: Dietrich II. (von Kittlitz)in Institut für Sächsische Geschichte und Volkskunde (ed.): Sächsische Biografie
Roman Catholic bishops of Meissen
Year of birth unknown
1208 deaths
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