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3 unusual facts about Hezel of Hildesheim


Hezel of Hildesheim

Emperor Henry IV granted forest rights (Forstbann) at Coppenbrügge to Bishop Hezel of Hildesheim in 1062.

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.

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.



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