Hillin von Fallemanien

Hillin of Falmagne, also Hillin case of mania, or Fallenmaigne Falemagne or (Latin ) Hillinus Trevirensis (* 1100, † October 23, 1169 in Trier ), was from 1152 to 1169 Archbishop of Trier.

Life

Hillin came from the family of the lords of Falmagne from the Liège area. He received his education in France. They say he was an educated man, entertained the connections to Bernard of Clairvaux, Hildegard of Bingen and Elizabeth of Schönau.

1130 came Hillin to Trier and directed here from the Cathedral School in 1142. 1150 he was appointed dean in 1152 and elected as Archbishop of Trier. In the same year Friedrich Barbarossa Roman- German king. Hillin supported his election and took part in 1154/55 at Barbarossa's Italian campaign. At the coronation of Barbarossa Hillin was as legate of Pope Hadrian IV present.

With the help Barbarossa to Hillin sat against the Count Palatine Conrad the Staufer to defend, the citizens of Trier supported as a half-brother of the emperor in their efforts to reach the imperial immediacy. In the conflict between Barbarossa and the papacy 1159 Hillin initially sided with the emperor and acknowledged the antipope Victor IV to, which also made ​​him his legate. However, in 1165 changed his mind and Hillin recognized Alexander III. as the rightful pope at.

On Hillin the construction of the east side of the Trier Cathedral dates back. On August 24, 1156 he consecrated the still not quite finished abbey church Khajuraho. In 1160 he built the castle Ehrenbreitstein from further; he renewed the archbishop's house, deepened the moat, built behind the pentagonal keep and had to create a cistern.