Saint Willigis (died February 23, 1011) was an Archbishop of Mainz, and a statesman as well as a churchman. February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events Emperor Sanjo ascends to the throne of Japan. ... Between 780/82 AD and 1802 AD the Archbishop of Mainz, was an influential ecclesiastic and secular prince of the middle ages. ...

The able and intelligent Willigis received a good education, and was recommended by Bishop Volkold of Meissen to the service of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor. From 971 Willigis served as chancellor to the Emperor. Emperor Otto II in 975 made him Archbishop of Mainz and Archchancellor of the Empire. Soon he started to build the great cathedral of Mainz. Old town of Meißen. ... Emperor Otto I Otto I the Great (November 23, 912 - May 7, 973), son of Henry I the Fowler, king of the Germans, and Matilda of Ringelheim, was Duke of Saxony, King of the Germans and arguably the first Holy Roman Emperor. ... Otto II and Theophano. ... Mainz Cathedral sits to the right in this sketch (c. ...

Willigis demanded solid learning in his clergy too. He was known as a good and fluent speaker. In March, 975, he received the pallium from Pope Benedict VII and as Primate of Germany, at Christmas, 983, he crowned Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor at Aachen, and in June, 1002, crowned Henry II at Mainz. Benedict VII (born in Rome, the son of David, and previously Bishop of Sutri; died 983) belonged to the noble family of the counts of Tusculum. ... Otto III in a medieval manuscript Otto III (980 – January 23, 1002, Paterno, Italy) was the fourth ruler of the Saxon or Ottonian dynasty. ... Oche redirects here; in darts the oche is the line from which players must throw. ... Henry II with his wife Cunigunde of Luxemburg Saint Henry II (972 – 13 July 1024), called the Holy or the Saint, was the fifth and last Holy Roman Emperor of the Saxon or Ottonian dynasty. ...

After the death of Otto II in 983 and his wife Theophanu in 991, Willigis became guardian for the minor Otto III until he reached his majority in 994; thus making Willigis together with Otto's grandmother Adelaide of Italy de facto regent of the empire between 991 and 994. Events Hugh Capet, a distant relative of the last Carolingian king of the Franks, is crowned King of France, beginning the Capetian dynasty and, arguably, modern French history. ... Otto II and Theophano Theophanu (960 – June 15, 991) (Greek: Θεοφανώ Theophano), also spelled Theophania, was born in Constantinople, and was the wife of Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor. ... Events Battle of Maldon Sweyn I of Denmark recovers his throne Births Deaths Theophanu, empress, mother of Otto III Emperor Enyu of Japan Categories: 991 ... Saint Adelaide (931 – 16 December 999) was perhaps the most prominent European woman of the 10th century. ...

Willigis presided at the Synod of Frankfort, 1007, at which thirty-five bishops signed the Bull of John XVIII for the erection of the Diocese of Bamberg. He stood in friendly relations with Rome, though the Papacy stood at its nadir. In 996 he was in the retinue of Otto III on his journey to Italy, assisted at the consecration of Pope Gregory V and at the synod convened a few days later. In this synod Willigis strongly urged the return of St. Adalbert to Prague. Willigis had probably consecrated the first bishop of Prague, Thietmar (January, 976), at Brumath in Alsace, and had consecrated Adalbert. The latter, unable to bear the conflicts within his see, left his diocese and was, after much correspondence between the Holy See and Willigis, forced to return. The Archdiocese of Bamberg (lat. ... Gregory V, né Bruno ( 972 – February 18, 999), Pope from May 3, 996 to February 18, 999, son of the Salian Otto I, Duke of Carinthia, who was a grandson of the Emperor Otto I the Great (936–973). ... Silver coffin of St. ... The following is a list of bishops and archbishops of Prague: Bishops of Prague 1. ... Dětmar (also known as Thietmar or Dietmar; died 2 January 982 in Prague) was the first Bishop of Prague. ... Wikisource has an original article from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica about: Brumath Brumath is a commune of the Bas-Rhin département, in France. ...

In 997 Gregory V sent the decrees of a synod of Pavia to Willigis, "his vicar", for publication.

These friendly relations were somewhat disturbed by the dispute of Willigis with the Bishop of Hildesheim about jurisdiction in the convent at Gandersheim. The convent was originally situated at Brunshausen in the Diocese of Hildesheim, but was transferred to Gandersheim, within the territorial limits of Mainz. Both bishops claimed jurisdiction, but then Pope Silvester II declared in favour of Hildesheim, to Willigis' initial resistance. The Bishopric of Hildesheim is a Roman Catholic diocese in Lower Saxony; it was founded in 815. ... Map of Germany showing Bad Gandersheim Bad Gandersheim is a city in southern Lower Saxony, Germany, located in the District of Northeim. ... Gerbert of Aurillac, later known as pope Silvester II, (or Sylvester II), (ca. ...

In his diocese he laboured by building bridges, constructing roads, and fostering commerce. In Mainz he built a cathedral and consecrated it on 29 August 1009, in honour of St. Martin, but on the same day, disastrously, it was destroyed by fire; he greatly helped the restoration of the old Collegiate Church of St. Victor and built that of St. Stephan. He also built a church at Brunnen, in Nassau. He showed great solicitude for the religious, and substantially aided the monasteries of Bleidenstadt, St. Disibod, and Jechaburg in Thuringia. Due to the fact that the cathedral still was not rebuilt, he was buried after death in the Church of St. Stephan. Mainz Cathedral sits to the right in this sketch (c. ... August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining. ... Events February 14: First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg. ... A collegiate church was a church served and administered by a body of canons or prebendaries, similar to a cathedral, although they were not the seat of a bishop. ... St. ... Brunnen is a part of the swiss municipality Ingenbohl on the Lake Lucerne set in one of the most dramatic corners of Switzerland. ...

His protegé was the scholarly and just Burchard, bishop of Worms. Statue of Burchard of Worms at Wormser Dom. ...

Roman Catholics celebrate his feast on February 23, the day of his death. February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

External link

• Catholic Encyclopedia: Saint Willigis