Liemar (unknown – 16 May 1101, in Bremen) was
archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen from 1072 to 1101, and an important figure of the early
Investiture Contest
The Investiture Controversy, also called Investiture Contest (German: ''Investiturstreit''; ), was a conflict between the Church and the state in medieval Europe over the ability to choose and install bishops (investiture) and abbots of monast ...
.
He was a supporter of
Emperor Henry IV from 1073. In 1074 the
papal legates
Gerald of Ostia
Gerald is a male Germanic given name meaning "rule of the spear" from the prefix ''ger-'' ("spear") and suffix ''-wald'' ("rule"). Variants include the English given name Jerrold, the feminine nickname Jeri and the Welsh language Gerallt and Iris ...
and
Hubert of Palestrina put pressure on him to hold a local
synod
A synod () is a council of a Christian denomination, usually convened to decide an issue of doctrine, administration or application. The word ''wikt:synod, synod'' comes from the meaning "assembly" or "meeting" and is analogous with the Latin ...
; he resisted, was suspended, and by 1075 his views against papal interference with bishops had hardened. In 1080, he attended the
Synod of Brixen The Synod of Brixen was a church council held on 15 June 1080 in the episcopal city of Brixen. It was convoked by King Henry IV of Germany at the height of the Investiture Controversy to pass judgement on Pope Gregory VII. The synod issued a decree ...
that condemned
Pope Gregory VII. With
Benno II of Osnabrück
Benno II ( – 27 July 1088) was Bishop of Osnabrück from 1068 until his death. He served as a close advisor and architect of Emperor Henry IV. In 1080 he founded the Benedictine abbey of Iburg Castle.
Life
He was born at Löhningen (today part ...
he commissioned the anti-papal polemic of
Wido of Osnabrück around 1085. Liemar was one of many bishops who was irked by Gregory VII's encroachment of episcopal autonomy. In a letter to Bishop Hezilo of Hildesheim, Liemar complained that Gregory VII was ordering his bishops about 'as though they were his bailiffs'.
[I.S. Robinson, Gregory VII and episcopal authority.]
Notes
External links
* http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB:Liemar
1101 deaths
Archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen
Year of birth unknown
11th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the Holy Roman Empire
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