Gerhard (bishop of Passau)

Bistumswappen of Passau.

Gerhard (fl 946) was from 932 to 946 the 14th Bishop of Passau.[1][2][3]

Gerhard was perhaps Abbot of Metten, and was probably elevated to Bishop of Passau by Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria. He was regarded as a pious, virtuous, and erudite bishop, whom the annals of Reichersberg called saints.

He probably undertook a trip to Rome in 937. His report of ecclesiastical abuses in Germany led Pope Leo VII to send him back as papal legate, with full powers to restore discipline.[4]

References

  1. ^ Franz-Reiner Erkens: Faktoren episkopaler Dignität. In: Passauer Jahrbuch. Band XLIX, (Passau 2007), p11–28
  2. ^ Herbert Wilhelm Wurster: Das Bistum Passau und seine Geschichte. 4 Bände, Straßburg 1994–2010.
  3. ^ "Liste aller Bischöfe des Bistums Passau 739 bis heute". Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
  4. ^ Döllinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von. A History of the Church, Volume 3, C. Dolman and T. Jomes, 1841, p. 221


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