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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.

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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.

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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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