Theodwin of Liege

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Theodwin was prince-bishop of Liege from 1048 to 1075. [1]

Life [ edit ]

Originally from Bavaria, Theodwin was named by Henry III to succeed Wazo as bishop of Liege . [1] In 1049 he led the imperial victory over Dirk IV of Frisia . In 1050-1051 he wrote to Henry I of France encouraging him to take firm action against Berengar of Tours . [1]

In 1066, Theodwin ceded city rights to Huy , the oldest such charter to survive from what is now Belgium. [1] On 23 March 1075 Pope Gregory VII wrote to him reproachfully about the lax clerical discipline in his diocese, urging him to leave the Abbey of Saint-Hubert unmolested. [2]

Theodwin died on 23 June 1075 and was buried in the collegiate church at Huy , which he had built, consecrated and endowed with fifteen prebends. [1]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b c d e Philibert Schmitz , "Theoduin", in Biographie Nationale de Belgique , vol. 24 (Brussels, 1929), 757-758.
  2. ^ Brigitte Meijns , "Papal Bulls as Instruments of Reform: the Reception of the Protection Bulls of Gregory VII in the Dioceses of Liege and Therouanne (1074?1077)", Church History , 87:2 (2018), pp. 399?423.
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