Bistumswappen of Passau.Gebhard I. von Plain (Pleyen) (* 1170; † 11. October 1232 in Rome) was von 1222 till 1232
Bishop of Passau
The Diocese of Passau is a Roman Catholic diocese in Germany that is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising.Liutpold of Plain-Hardegg and Countess Utta of Burghausen. On 18 June 1210 he received the parish of
Grafenwörth
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as Passau's canon.
In March 1222 he was elected
bishop of Passau
The Diocese of Passau is a Roman Catholic diocese in Germany that is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising.bishop
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is c ...
.
On 17 March 1225 Gebhard passed the first Passauer Stadtrecht. In the same year, he built the town council house opposite the town hall (today the "Hotel zum Wilden Mann") and integrated the "Örtl" at the confluence of the Danube and the Inn into the city.
The great clerical and monastic visits, ordered by Pope Gregory IX. Led Gebhard in 1229 very conscientiously and excommunicated some 40
abbots
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, and
priest
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s of his
diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
. This led to conflicts with the cathedral chapter. Even the murder of Duke Eberhard von Jahenstorf on 6 May 1231 was subsequently charged to Gebhard, although Passau citizens were also suspected. In 1232
Pope
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and
Emperor
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were in dispute, and Gebhard was on the papal side, but the cathedral chapter sympathized with the Emperor. The dispute between the bishop and the chapter of the
cathedral
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continued to exacerbate, which ultimately led to the resignation of Gebhard. He left Passau and went to
Rome
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