Saint Willigis and Provost Hartmann, 12th century depiction, Russian State Library
Archbishop
Born
c. 940 Schöningen, Saxony
Died
February 23, 1011 Mainz, Rhenish Franconia
Venerated in
Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church
Feast
February 23
Attributes
Wheel of Mainz
Patronage
Wheelwrights
Willigis (Latin: Willigisus; German: Willigis, Willegis; c. 940 – 23 February 1011 AD) was Archbishop of Mainz from 975 until his death as well as archchancellor of the Holy Roman Empire.[1]
^Viejo, Jesús Rodríguez (2019). "The Performative Manuscript: Art, Agency and Public Ritual in Ottonian Mainz". The Journal of Ecclesiastical History. 70 (2): 229–264. doi:10.1017/S0022046918002646. ISSN 0022-0469. S2CID 167002337.
Willigis (Latin: Willigisus; German: Willigis, Willegis; c. 940 – 23 February 1011 AD) was Archbishop of Mainz from 975 until his death as well as archchancellor...
During the time of Mainz Archbishop Willigis (975–1011), the city of Mainz flourished economically, and Willigis became one of the most influential politicians...
medieval times, the German chancellor had political power like Archbishop Willigis (archchancellor 975–1011, regent for King Otto III of Germany 991–994)...
not receive the Italian arch chancellery of his immediate predecessor Willigis from Henry II. Several times he appeared as Intervenient in the documents...
Ascaphaburg. A stone bridge over the Main was reportedly built by Archbishop Willigis in 989, who also made the town his second residence. The town (referred...
cousin of Otto III, is elected and crowned as King of Germany by Archbishop Willigis at Mainz. Henry does not recognise the coronation of Arduin. Otto of Worms...
from Otto II to Archbishop Willigis of Mainz. Under Otto III the Binger Kammerforst (forest) came into being. Under Willigis, some way up the river Nahe...
One week later, Archbishop Willigis arrived in Gandersheim. Bernward did not appear due to his other commitments, so Willigis demanded for him being present...
in the abbey of St. Alban's. Rabanus Maurus, a scholar and writer, and Willigis, who initiated the construction of the current building of the Mainz Cathedral...
archbishops of Mainz include Rabanus Maurus, the scholar and author, and Willigis (975–1011), who began construction on the current building of the Mainz...
forces. He also forced him to write to the Archbishops of Egbert of Trier, Willigis of Mainz and Ebergar of Cologne, stating that he, Lothair, was the true...
Holy Roman Emperor, commissioned by his mother Theophanu and Archbishop Willigis. It is the only prayerbook to survive from the Ottonian era and its texts...
cloister of canons" which Willigis funded and eventually consecrated in c. 994–995. He was later ordained as a Catholic deacon by Willigis and eventually elevated...
927-937 Frederick 937–954 William 954–968 Hatto II 968–970 Rudbrecht 970–975 Willigis 975–1011 Erkanbald 1011–1021 Aribo 1021–1031 Bardo 1031–1051 Luitpold 1051–1059...
Verona. At Christmas, Theophanu had him crowned by the Mainz archbishop Willigis at Aachen Cathedral, with herself ruling as Empress Regent on his behalf...
warlords (approximate date). March – Otto II appoints his archchancellor Willigis as archbishop of Mainz. He receives the pallium from Pope Benedict VII...
Germany, by Willigis, Archbishop of Mainz. Cunigunde was crowned on 10 August 1002 in Paderborn, in present-day Germany, also by Willigis. It is the first...
Antioch (d. 1098) February 9 – Bernard I, German nobleman February 23 – Willigis, archbishop of Mainz July 25 – Ichijō, emperor of Japan (b. 980) November...
expedition to Italy. He leaves the government in the hands of Archchancellor Willigis. Otto is accompanied by his wife, Empress Theophanu. Winter – Otto II celebrates...
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