Henry I (Archbishop of Mainz)
- Henry I (Archbishop of Mainz)
Henry (Heinrich) was archbishop of Mainz from 1142 to 1153.
In his early years as archbishop he was assisted by Anselm of Havelberg [Jay Terry Lees, "Anselm of Havelberg: Deeds Into Words in the Twelfth Century" (1998), p. 60.] . He supported Friedrich von Staufen as successor to Konrad III of Germany [ [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/GERMANY,%20Kings.htm GERMANY, Kings ] ] .
At the time of the Second Crusade, he tried to prevent a repetition of the 1096 violence against the Jews of Mainz. He called in Bernard of Clairvaux, to counter inflammatory preaching by a monk, Radulphe. [ [http://www.crusades-encyclopedia.com/bernardofclairvaux.html St. Bernard of Clairvaux ] ]
He was a supporter and correspondent of Hildegard of Bingen [ [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/History/History-idx?type=HTML&rgn=DIV1&byte=18150286 History: Woman under monasticism: chapters on saint-lore and convent life between A.D. 500 and A.D. 1500: Browse Text ] ] [Keith C. Sidwell, "Reading Medieval Latin" (1995), p. 286.] . He consecrated the church of her convent at Rupertsberg in 1152 [ [http://www.staff.uni-mainz.de/horst/hildegard/wirk/erupert.html The Rupertsberg ] ] . He has been portrayed showing her works to Pope Eugene III and Bernard of Clairvaux [ [http://www.staff.uni-mainz.de/horst/hildegard/wirk/erochus.html St. Rochus' Chapel near Bingen ] ] .
He was archchancellor of Germany, "ex officio", but also of Burgundy at the end of his life. [ [http://dobc.unipv.it/scrineum/wight/bn3.htm] ]
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