HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Occo of Schleswig (also Aage, Aagge, Ogge) was the bishop of the Diocese of Schleswig between 1141 and 1145 and again from 1161 to 1167. The chapter of
Schleswig Cathedral Schleswig Cathedral (german: Schleswiger Dom, da, Slesvig Domkirke) officially the Cathedral of St. Peter at Schleswig (german: St. Petri-Dom zu Schleswig), is the main church of the city of Schleswig and was the cathedral of the Bishop of Schle ...
elected Occo bishop in 1138, after Bishop Rike had been elected the new
bishop of Roskilde The former Diocese of Roskilde () was a diocese within the Roman-Catholic Church which was established in Denmark some time before 1022. The diocese was dissolved with the Reformation of Denmark and replaced by the Protestant Diocese of Zealand ...
.Adolf Ditlev Jørgensen
"Aage, – 1167, Biskop i Slesvig"
in: '' Dansk biografisk leksikon'', vol. I: Aaberg – Beaumelle, p. 7.
However,
Eric III Lamb Eric III Lamb ( da, Erik III Lam,  – 27 August 1146) was the King of Denmark from 1137 until 1146. He was the grandson of Eric I of Denmark and the nephew of Eric II of Denmark, whom he succeeded on the throne. He abdicated in 1146, as t ...
imposed his chaplain Hermann, who was born in the Holy Roman Empire. So Occo was hindered to ascend the see. The city of Schleswig and the diocesan clergy preferred the Bishop elect Occo and after unrest among the townsfolk Hermann resigned, and Occo ascended. Eric Lamb provided for Hermann with another position. Occo sided – unlike his Archbishop Eskil of Lund – with Olaf Haraldsen who aimed at dethroning his cousin Eric Lamb, but failed. Occo then had to leave and went into French exile. Eskil then consecrated Esbern as new bishop of Schleswig. The royal steward (or stadholder) for Schleswig, Nicolaus, ravaged Esberns's possessions and his residence (Old Gottorp).Wilhelm Ernst Christiani, ''Geschichte der Herzogthümer Schleswig und Hollstein'': 4 parts, Flensburg and Leipzig: Korten, 1775–1779, part 1 (1775)
p. 307
retrieved on 29 June 2013.
So Esbern's relatives protected him and killed Nicolaus. Fearing the royal revenge Esbern fled to Saxony, where he died in 1161. King Valdemar I the Great then reappointed Occo as bishop. This made Eskil inflicting the ban on Occo, but due to internal quarrels in the church the bishop of Schleswig managed to stay in office until his death. Starting in 1161 Occo built a new Gottorp Castle, replacing the destroyed one, however, on another site.


Notes


External links

Adolf Ditlev Jørgensen Adolf Ditlev Jørgensen (11 June 1840 – 5 October 1897) was a Danish historian and National Archivist. Biography He was born at Gråsten in the Duchy of Schleswig. He attended Flensborg lærde Skole in Flensburg (1853-1857). He entered ...

"Aage, – 1167, Biskop i Slesvig"
in: '' Dansk biografisk leksikon'', vol. I: Aaberg – Beaumelle, p. 7. Bishops of Schleswig 1167 deaths Date of death unknown Place of death unknown Year of birth unknown Place of birth unknown 12th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Denmark {{bishop-stub