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<p> the apostle of Livonia, died in 1198. After the death of the first missionary and bishop of the Livonians, Meinhard (1196), Berthold, who was at that time abbot of the Cistercian convent Loccum, was ordained missionary bishop for the Livonians by [[Archbishop]] Hartwig of [[Bremen]] and Hamburg. Having arrived at Yxkull on the Duna, he at first tried to win over the Letts by clemency, but was forced to leave the country. He then returned at the head of an army of crusaders from Lower Saxony, and tried to conquer the Letts, and compel them by force of arms to submit to baptism. In a battle in 1198, [[Berthold]] was slain; but the crusaders were victorious, and the Letts had for a time to submit; but as soon as the crusaders had left their country they returned to paganism. '''''—''''' Brockhaus, Conversations-Lexicon, s.v. </p>
<p> bishop of Chiemsee, whose original name was Pirstinger, was born in 1465, at Salzburg. He was for some time a canon at Salzburg, and in 1508 was elected bishop of Chiemsee, where he was indefatigable in the reformation of the clergy. He died at Saalfelden, July 19, 1543. He is the author of Tewtsche Theologey, one of the best works of the Middle Ages on scientific theology (latest edition, with notes, a dictionary, and a biography of, Berthold, ed. by W. Reithmeier, with a preface by Dr. Fr. Windishmann, Munich, 1852). He is probably, also, the author of the [[Opus]] Ecclesiae, a description of the corruption pervading the whole Church (Landshut, 1524; last ed. 1620). '''''—''''' Pierer, Univ. Lex. 19, 811. </p>


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<ref name="term_24814"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/berthold+(2) Berthold from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_24815"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/berthold+(3) Berthold from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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Latest revision as of 09:13, 15 October 2021

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bishop of Chiemsee, whose original name was Pirstinger, was born in 1465, at Salzburg. He was for some time a canon at Salzburg, and in 1508 was elected bishop of Chiemsee, where he was indefatigable in the reformation of the clergy. He died at Saalfelden, July 19, 1543. He is the author of Tewtsche Theologey, one of the best works of the Middle Ages on scientific theology (latest edition, with notes, a dictionary, and a biography of, Berthold, ed. by W. Reithmeier, with a preface by Dr. Fr. Windishmann, Munich, 1852). He is probably, also, the author of the Opus Ecclesiae, a description of the corruption pervading the whole Church (Landshut, 1524; last ed. 1620). Pierer, Univ. Lex. 19, 811.

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