Dwóch biskupów kamieńskich z rodu von Sachsen-Lauenburg (Jan I i Magnus)

Abstract

John I (1317-1370) from prince’s house of Sachsen-Lauenburg. Being an archdeacon of Dymin (Demmin) he became on 3rd of September 1343 an ordinary bishop of St John Baptist’s see in Kamień (Canmin). The most part of his rule he devoted to fighting for pope’s exemption for Kamień diocese. Those struggles and legal proceedings in the Papal Curia were going on in two periods: from 1343 to 1349 and from 1360 to 1380. Finally pope’s exemption was granted to Kamień bishopric on 13 th of July, 1380 by pope Urban V (after the death of bishop John I). He actively participated in local dynastic conflicts with the thought o f creation a separate bishop’s principality (with capital in Kamień) as a direct feoff of the Reich. His efforts in this field was ended in failure and he had to submit to native princes again. Bishop John I was a prominent organizer and manager of lands of his diocese. Under his rules many chantries were endowed and a lot of churches were built or restored. In forty years after his death, the close relative of bishop John - Magnus von Sachsen-Lauenburg, was nominated to episcopal capital in Kamień. Magnus (d. 1452) was bishop of Kamień at difficult times during the threefold papal schism and Council in Constance. In 1424 he had left Kamień and took up bishopric in Hildesheim (Lower Saxony).