Gozbald
Gozbald, in Latin ''Gozbaldus'' or ''Gauzbaldus'' (died 20 September 855), was the abbot of Niederaltaich from 825, and the bishop of Würzburg from 842, until his death. He also served as chorbishop of the diocese of Passau. On the basis of an entry in the confraternity book of Reichenau Abbey, the historian Gerd Althoff suggests that Gozbald belonged to the Hattonian family. Biography Gozbald was probably of East Franconian noble origin. According to Joseph Klämpfl , Count Maguntus zu Rottenburg was his father. Historian Janneke Raaijmakers says that Gozbald was "presumably educated at Fulda".Ra ...
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Ermanrich Of Passau
Ermanrich or Ermenrich (Hermanrich; born c. 814 – 874) was a Benedictine monk and court chaplain, who became Bishop of Passau from 866 to 874. He supported East Francia's expansion to the east, and likewise the expansion of the eastern bishoprics, and opposed the missionary efforts of Cyril and Methodius, who he considered intruders. This brought him into conflict with the Papacy, which supported the brother missionaries. Life Ermenrich, son of a Swabian noble family, was originally a Benedictine monk at Ellwangen Abbey. At the Monastery of Fulda he was a student of Rabanus Maurus and Rudolf von Fulda. At the court of Louis the German, Ermanrich was one of Archchaplain Gozbald's students. He became a member of the Hofkapelle, and as a court chaplain was closely connected with Abbot Grimald, in whose monastery he lived temporarily. Ermenrich enjoyed great respect both as a scholar and as a writer. In the early 840's, at the request of Gundram, court chaplain to Louis the Pious ...
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