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Liupram

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Liupram (also spelled Liupramm or Liudepram) was the archbishop of Salzburg and abbot of Saint Peter's from 836 until 859.[1]

Before becoming archbishop, Liupram was a fidelis (vassal) holding land in benefice from Louis the German, the king of Bavaria.[2] In the early 830s, he served in Louis's chapel.[3][4] He was elected to succeed Adalram two days after the latter's death on 6 January 836. He was ordained that year and received the pallium from Pope Gregory IV by a bull dated 31 May 837.[5] He may have owed his promotion to Louis and he was a staunch supporter of the king throughout his episcopate.[2] In 837, he was with Louis during the latter's abortive Italian expedition.[6] In return, Louis confirmed Salzburg's immunity.[6][4]

Remains of the Saint Hadrian's church in Zalavár

Liupram was a scholar and church builder.[7] He was also much involved with Pannonian Slavs and churches proliferated in Pannonia under his rule.[8] In 837, the king granted Salzburg land in Slavic territory, including the church at Winklarn that Adalram had built.[4] Sometime before 850, according to the Conversio Bagoariorum et Carantanorum, Liupram consecrated churches as far afield as Ptuj and Pécs at the request of the Slav prince Pribina.[9] On 24 January 850, he consecrated a church in Pribina's capital, Mosaburg (Zalavár), to the Mother of God.[10][8] Somewhat later, he initiated the construction of another church in Mosaburg, sending master builders from Salzburg.[11][12] He confirmed Pribina's chaplain, the priest Dominic from the diocese of Regensburg.[8] He appointed a chorbishop named Osbald to serve the Slavs.[13] In 851, with royal permission, he travelled to Rome to acquire the relics of Saint Hermes for Salzburg. An account of his expedition is found in the Translatio sancti Hermetis.[4][14]

In 852, Liupram attended the synod of Mainz.[15] He died on 14 October 859 and was buried in the cathedral of Salzburg by the altar of Saint Erasmus.[5] He was succeeded by his student Adalwin.[5]

Notes

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  1. ^ Goldberg 2006, pp. 78 and 168.
  2. ^ a b Goldberg 2006, p. 78.
  3. ^ Goldberg 2006, p. 210.
  4. ^ a b c d Airlie 2001, p. 100.
  5. ^ a b c Fischer 1916, p. 31.
  6. ^ a b Goldberg 2006, pp. 80–81.
  7. ^ Goldberg 2006, p. 168.
  8. ^ a b c Vlasto 2009, p. 25.
  9. ^ Bowlus 1995, pp. 104, 204, 288.
  10. ^ Szőke 2007, p. 414.
  11. ^ Airlie 2001, p. 98.
  12. ^ Per Szőke 2007, p. 419, this is the church which received some relics of Saint Hadrian in 870.
  13. ^ Airlie 2001, p. 97.
  14. ^ Goldberg 2006, p. 169.
  15. ^ Airlie 2001, p. 94.

Bibliography

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  • Airlie, Stuart (2001). "True Teachers and Pious Kings: Salzburg, Louis the German, and Christian Order". In Richard Gameson; Henrietta Leyser (eds.). Belief and Culture in the Middle Ages: Studies Presented to Henry Mayr-Harting. Oxford University Press. pp. 89–105.
  • Bowlus, Charles (1995). Franks, Moravians, and Magyars: The Struggle for the Middle Danube, 788–907. University of Pennsylvania Press.
  • Fischer, Wilhelm (1916). Personal- und Amtsdaten der Erzbischöfe von Salzburg (798–1519). Richard Poettcke Nachfolger.
  • Goldberg, Eric J. (2006). Struggle for Empire: Kingship and Conflict under Louis the German, 817–876. Cornell University Press.
  • Szőke, Béla Miklós (2007). "New Findings of the Excavations in Mosaburg/Zalavár (Western Hungary)". In Joachim Henning (ed.). Post-Roman Towns, Trade and Settlement in Europe and Byzantium (PDF). Vol. 1: The Heirs of the Roman West. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 411–428.
  • Vlasto, Alexis P. (2009) [1970]. The Entry of the Slavs into Christendom: An Introduction to the Medieval History of the Slavs. Cambridge University Press.
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