Solomon II (bishop of Constance)

Solomon II of Constance ( * before 876; † December 23 889 ) was 875 / 76-889 Bishop of Constance.

Life

Solomon was a nephew of Bishop Solomon I. He was probably educated by the future Archbishop of Mainz Liutbert. He was probably chosen end 875 to the Bishop of Constance, he is first mentioned in 876 in a charter of Charles III. Solomon is detectable early in his tenure in the area of Louis the German. He was often employed in the service of the king, as he traveled, for example 876/77 876/77 by order of Charles III. the monastery of Luxeuil. He was 876 operates as a legacy of the emperor and probably belonged to the court orchestra of King Arnulf. His special care was the Rheinau monastery, for the year 877 a visitation travel occupied by his diocese. In the formula book Notker the Stammerer 17 letters of Solomon from the period 876-878 are handed down to us. After his death he was succeeded by his relative Solomon III. in the See of Constance.