Heinrich von Wülzburg

Heinrich von Wülzburg was a German Benedictine monk, abbot of the monastery of Wülzburg and Archbishop of Gniezno in Poland.

According to the fourteenth century life of Otto of Bamberg, Heinrich arrived in Poland among the entourage Otto of Bamberg. However, Jan Długosz, writing in 15th century and Gesta principum Polonorum, do not reference him and there is some question about whether Heinrich was actually bishop.

Modern scholarship has been divided on his historicity.

• Wladyslaw Abraham held that Heinrick became archbishop in 1092 following the death of Bogumiła and before Marcin.^[1]
• Thaddeus Wojciehowski^[2] claimed that Heinrich came from the Abbey of Weltenberg and that he was actually archbishop between Martin and Jacob of Znin. This position being supported by Charles Maleczyńs.^[3]

References

1. Wladyslaw Abraham, the Organization of the Church in Poland by mid-twelfth century, Lviv, 1890, page 83
2. Tadeusz Wojciechowski, Historical Sketches of the eleventh century, Kraków 1904, pp. 211 et seq.
3. Charles Maleczyński: Studies in Polish document, Pretoria 1971, p 168 footnote. 115 115