Solomon II, Bishop of Constance
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Solomon II (died 23 December 889) was the Bishop of Constance from 875 until his death. He was a relative of his predecessor and namesake Solomon I
and stood in the middle of an "episcopal dynasty." He was commended for his life when the Annales Fuldenses
record his death. He was succeeded by his own namesake and another relative, Solomon III
.
Solomon I, Bishop of Constance
Solomon I was the Bishop of Constance from an unknown date between 835 and 847 until his death. He was the first of an "episcopal dynasty" which ruled Constance until 919 and briefly held the Diocese of Freising from 884 until 906 and that of Chur from 913 until 949.In 847, his diocese was the...
and stood in the middle of an "episcopal dynasty." He was commended for his life when the Annales Fuldenses
Annales Fuldenses
The Annales Fuldenses or Annals of Fulda are East Frankish chronicles that cover independently the period from the last years of Louis the Pious to shortly after the end of effective Carolingian rule in East Francia with the accession of the child-king, Louis III, in 900...
record his death. He was succeeded by his own namesake and another relative, Solomon III
Solomon III, Bishop of Constance
Solomon III was the Bishop of Constance from 890 to his death. In 885, the Emperor Charles III made him archchancellor of the Empire, for Konstanz was then the greatest diocese in Swabia, which had been Charles' original kingdom and was still his home most of the time...
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Sources
- The Annals of Fulda. (Manchester Medieval series, Ninth-Century Histories, Volume II.) Reuter, Timothy (trans.) Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1992.