Wiching
Wiching or Viching[1] was the first bishop of Nitra, in present-day Slovakia.
Life
He served between 880 and 891
Wiching was a counselor for Svätopluk I
In 885, shortly before Methodius' death, Wiching left Poland and with the consent of Svatopluk went to Rome, where he falsely accused Methodius to the new Pope, Stephen V who issued papal bull Quia te zelo fidei forbidding the Slavonic liturgy.[7] During the summer of 885, when the Pope learned of the death of Methodius, he named Wiching once again as bishop of Nitra and, in addition, gave him the title of Ecclesiastical Administrator. Wiching used this position to expel Methodius' students.[8] In 891/892, he left Svatopluk to serve Arnulf of Carinthia with whom Svatopluk was having a conflict. Wiching was part of the delegation sent to Svatopluk to negotiate peace. After Arnulf of Carinthia died, and with the fall of Great Moravia, Wiching withdrew from public life. He died between 900 and 912, likely on September 12.
References
- ^ a b "Wiching", sk:Encyklopédia Slovenska (Encyklopédia Slovenska in libraries (WorldCat catalog))
- ^ Bartl et al. 2002, pp. 21–22.
- ^ Melito, C. "The Lives of Ss. Cyril and Methodius". Roman Catholic Church of Ss. Cyril and Methodius. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ^ Wiching. In: LUTOVSKÝ, Michal. Encyklopedie slovanské archeologie v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku. 1. vyd. (Praha : Libri, 2001.) p365.
- ^ Wicking.
- ^ MĚŘÍNSKÝ, Zdeněk. České země od příchodu Slovanů po Velkou Moravu II. 1. vyd. (Praha : Libri, 2006). p550, 711-714.
- ^ Stephanus Papa V (1853) [9th century]. "Stephanus episcopus servus servorum Dei Zuentopoloco regi Sclavorum (Quia te zelo fidei)" [Pope Stephen, the servant of the servants of God, to Svatopluk, king of the Slavs]. In Anastasius Abbas; J.-P. Migne (eds.). Opera Omnia (in Latin). Vol. 3. Paris: Bibliotheca Cleri Universae. p. 801.
- ^ KOVÁČ, Dušan, et al. Kronika Slovenska : od najstarších čias do konca 19. storočia. (Bratislava : Fortuna Print, 1998). p101
Further reading
- Bartl, Július; Čičaj, Viliam; Kohútova, Mária; Letz, Róbert; Segeš, Vladimír; Škvarna, Dušan (2002). Slovak History: Chronology & Lexicon. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Slovenské Pedegogické Nakladatel'stvo. ISBN 0-86516-444-4.
- Bowlus, Charles R. (1994). Franks, Moravians and Magyars: The Struggle for the Middle Danube, 788–907. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0-8122-3276-3.