Solomon I, Bishop of Constance
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Solomon I (died 871) 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 first to be disturbed by the preachings of a false prophetess named Thiota
. She was condemned at a synod in Mainz
later that year and ceased to be a problem thereafter.
Diocese of Chur
The Diocese of Chur comprises the Swiss Cantons of Graubünden , Schwyz, Glarus, Zurich, Nidwalden, Obwalden and Uri.-History:A Bishop of Chur is first mentioned in 451/ 452 when its Bishop Saint Asimo attended the Synod of Milan, but probably existed a century earlier...
from 913 until 949.
In 847, his diocese was the first to be disturbed by the preachings of a false prophetess named Thiota
Thiota
Thiota was a heretical Christian prophetess of the ninth century. She was originally from Alemannia and she began prophesying that the exact date of the end of the world in 847: in fact, she predicted its imminent end that year....
. She was condemned at a synod in Mainz
Mainz
Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...
later that year and ceased to be a problem thereafter.
Sources
- The Annals of Fulda. (Manchester Medieval series, Ninth-Century Histories, Volume II.) Reuter, Timothy (trans.) Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1992.