Hermann of Wied (January 14, 1477 - August 15, 1552) was elector and archbishop of Cologne. Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed Bishops and Archbishops of Cologne Bishops of Colonia Agrippina, 88–784 All names before Maternus ('II' are to be approached with considerable
Biography
Hermann was the fourth son of Frederick, count of Wied (d. Wied was a County of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, located on the Wied River where it meets the Rhine. 1487).
Educated for the Church, he became elector and archbishop in 1515, and ruled his electorate with vigour and intelligence, taking up at first an attitude of hostility towards the reformers and their teaching. A quarrel with the papacy turned, or helped to turn, his thoughts in the direction of Church reform, but he hoped this would come from within rather than from without, and with the aid of his friend John Gropper, began, about 1536, to institute certain reforms in his own diocese.
One step led to another, and as all efforts at union failed the elector invited Martin Bucer to Cologne in 1542. Martin Bucer (or Butzer) ( 11 November 1491 – 28 February 1551) was a Protestant reformer whose principal ministry was Supported by the estates of the electorate, and relying upon the recess of the diet of Regensburg in 1541, he encouraged Bucer to press on with the work of reform, and in 1543 invited Melanchthon to his assistance. The Conference of Regensburg was a conference held at Regensburg in 1541, which marks the culmination of attempts to restore religious unity in Germany by means of Philipp Melanchthon (born Philipp Schwartzerd) ( February 16, 1497 &ndash April 19, 1560) was a German professor and theologian
His conversion was hailed with great joy by the Protestants, and the league of Schmalkalden declared they were resolved to defend him; but the Reformation in the electorate received checks from the victory of Charles V over William, duke of Cleves, and the hostility of the citizens of Cologne. Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. The Schmalkaldic League (Schmalkaldischer Bund was a defensive alliance of Lutheran princes within the Holy Roman Empire during the mid- 16th The Protestant Reformation was a reform movement in Europe that began in 1517 though its roots lie further back in time Charles V (24 February 1500 &ndash 21 September 1558 was William “the Rich” (I of Cleves V of Jülich-Berg (Wilhelm der Reiche July 28, 1516 &ndash January 5, 1592) was a Duke of Summoned both before the emperor and the pope, the elector was deposed and excommunicated by Paul III in 1546. Excommunication is a religious Censure used to deprive or suspend membership in a religious community Pope Paul III ( February 29, 1468 &ndash November 10, 1549) born Alessandro Farnese, was Pope of the Roman
He resigned his office in February 1547, and retired to Wied. Hermann was also a bishop of Paderborn from 1532 to 1547. The Bishopric of Paderborn (Fürstbistum Paderborn was a Prince-bishopric of the Holy Roman Empire from 1281 to 1802
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| Preceded by Philipp II von Daun-Oberstein |
Archbishop of Cologne 1515-1546 |
Succeeded by Adolf III von Schauenburg |
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