Wezilo

Wezilo, died 1088, was Archbishop of Mainz from 1084 to 1088. He was a leading supporter of the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV in the Investiture Controversy, and of antipope Clement III.

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Occupation: Catholic priest
Position held: archbishop
Religion: Catholic Church
Image: Wezilo-erzbischof-von-mainz.jpg

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date of death: 1088-08-06
described by source: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
place of burial: Mainz Cathedral
date of birth: 1050-00-00
Commons category: Wezilo
name in native language: Wezilo
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Wezilo, died 1088, was Archbishop of Mainz from 1084 to 1088. He was a leading supporter of the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV in the Investiture Controversy, and of antipope Clement III.

A priest in Halberstadt, Wezilo owed his promotion to the support of Henry IV. In 1085 he negotiated on behalf of the emperor with the papal legate, the future Pope Urban II, and in the same year he was convicted of simony and excommunicated by the pro-papal Synod of Quedlinburg.

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