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unusual facts about Goslar Cathedral



Hezel of Hildesheim

Under Emperor Henry III he was a member of the court chaplaincy (Hofkapelle) in 1051/52, initially as the provost of St. Simon and Jude in Goslar and then in 1053 as Chancellor of Italy.

Krodo

Nevertheless nearby Goslar Cathedral contained the so-called Krodo Altar, which probably dates back to 1040 and may have been transferred by King Henry III to his Goslar Kaiserpfalz.


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Hezel of Hildesheim

Hezel's efforts culminated in the Goslar Precedence Dispute with Abbot Widerad of Fulda, which escalated at Pentecost in 1063 in Goslar Cathedral into a bloody massacre in the presence of the young king.