Jindřich Zdík
Henry Zdík (in Czech: Jindřich Zdík) (c. 1083 - 1150 Prague) was bishop of Olomouc from 1126 to 1150.
He went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1137/1138. While he was there, Rorgo Fretellus of Nazareth dedicated to him his Description of the Holy Places.[1]
In 1141, with papal authorization, Zdik undertook a mission against the Prussians, leading directly to his involvement with the Wendish Crusade of 1147.[2]
After returning from his pilgrimage he had the idea of founding a monastery of regular canons in Prague, which would materialize as Strahov Monastery. Zdík had the support of the bishops of Prague, the Duke of Bohemia Soběslav I, and—after his death—Vladislav II. After Zdík's first unsuccessful attempt to found a Czech variant of the canons' order at the place called Strahov in 1140, an invitation was issued to the Premonstratensians, whose first representatives arrived from Steinfeld in the Rhine valley (Germany).
Hildebert and Everwin, two medieval manuscript illuminators, worked in the scriptorium under Bishop Zdík.
References[]
- ^ Benjamin Z. Kedar (2000), "Fretellus", in John Block Friedman and Kristen Mossler Figg, eds., Trade, Travel and Exploration in the Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia (London and New York: Routledge), p. 202.
- ^ Helmolt, H. F., The World's History: South-eastern and eastern Europe (London: W. Heinemann Ltd, 1907), p. 239.
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