Jindřich Zdík (also anglicized as ''Henry Zdík'') (c. 1083 – 1150 in
Prague
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) was
bishop of Olomouc
The following is a list of diocesan bishops and archbishops of Olomouc. Not much is known about the beginnings of the Diocese of Olomouc. It was reestablished in 1063 and in 1777 it was elevated to an archdiocese.
Bishops of Olomouc
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from 1126 to 1150.
Biography
Zdík went on a
pilgrimage to the Holy Land
Christianity has a strong tradition of pilgrimages, both to sites relevant to the New Testament narrative (especially in the Holy Land) and to sites associated with later saints or miracles.
History
Christian pilgrimages were first made to sit ...
in 1137/1138. While he was there,
Rorgo Fretellus of Nazareth dedicated to him his ''Description of the Holy Places''.
Benjamin Z. Kedar
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(2000), "Fretellus", in John Block Friedman and Kristen Mossler Figg, eds., ''Trade, Travel and Exploration in the Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia'' (London and New York: Routledge), p. 202.
A deed of Jindřich Zdík from 1141 (originally erroneously dated to 1131), in which he transfers his seat to the newly built
Saint Wenceslas Cathedral
Saint Wenceslas Cathedral ( cs, Katedrála svatého Václava) is a gothic cathedral at Wenceslas Square in Olomouc, in the Czech Republic, founded in 1107. The square was named after Saint Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia on the thousandth anniver ...
and lists the estates of the Roman Catholic Church in
Moravia
Moravia ( , also , ; cs, Morava ; german: link=yes, Mähren ; pl, Morawy ; szl, Morawa; la, Moravia) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia.
The me ...
, is an important and valuable historical document, which is for many Moravian villages and towns the first written mention of the settlement.
In 1141, with papal authorization, Zdík undertook a mission against the
Prussia
Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an em ...
ns, leading directly to his involvement with the
Wendish Crusade
The Wendish Crusade (german: Wendenkreuzzug) was a military campaign in 1147, one of the Northern Crusades and a part of the Second Crusade, led primarily by the Kingdom of Germany within the Holy Roman Empire and directed against the Polabian Sl ...
of 1147.
[ Helmolt, H. F., ''The World's History: South-eastern and eastern Europe'' (]London
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: W. Heinemann Ltd, 1907), p. 239.
After returning from his pilgrimage he had the idea of founding a monastery of
regular canons
Canons regular are priests who live in community under a rule ( and canon in greek) and are generally organised into religious orders, differing from both secular canons and other forms of religious life, such as clerics regular, designated by a ...
in Prague, which would materialize as
Strahov Monastery
Strahov Monastery ( cs, Strahovský klášter) is a Premonstratensians, Premonstratensian abbey founded in 1143 by Jindřich Zdík, Bishop John of Prague, and Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia. It is located in Strahov (district of Prague), Strahov, P ...
. Zdík had the support of the bishops of Prague, the Duke of Bohemia
Soběslav I, and — after his death —
Vladislav II. After Zdík's first unsuccessful attempt to found a Czech variant of the
canons' order at the place called Strahov in 1140, an invitation was issued to the
Premonstratensians
The Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré (), also known as the Premonstratensians, the Norbertines and, in Britain and Ireland, as the White Canons (from the colour of their habit), is a religious order of canons regular of the Catholic Church ...
, whose first representatives arrived from
Steinfeld in the
Rhine
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valley (
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
).
Hildebert and Everwin
Hildebert and Everwin were two lay medieval artists. They are the first artists known by name who were active in the area covered by today's Czech Republic. They worked as illuminators in the scriptorium of Bishop Jindřich Zdík in the first ha ...
, two medieval manuscript illuminators, worked in the
scriptorium
Scriptorium (), literally "a place for writing", is commonly used to refer to a room in medieval European monasteries devoted to the writing, copying and illuminating of manuscripts commonly handled by monastic scribes.
However, lay scribes and ...
under Bishop Zdík.
References
External links
List of towns and villages in the Jindřich Zdík's deedat website of the municipality of
Bělov
Bělov is a municipality and village in Zlín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.
Bělov lies approximately west of Zlín and south-east of Prague.
History
The first written mention of Bělov is in ...
1080s births
1150 deaths
Bishops of Olomouc
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