Archbishopric of Mainz - Bishops of Moguntiacum 80-745

Between 780–82 and 1802 the Archbishop of Mainz was an influential ecclesiastic and secular prince in the Holy Roman Empire. His see was established in ancient Roman times, in the city of Mainz, which had been a Roman provincial capital called Moguntiacum, but the office really came to prominence upon its elevation to an archdiocese in 780/82. The first bishops before the 4th century have legendary names, beginning with Crescens. The first verifiable Bishop of Mainz was Mar(t)inus in 343. The ecclesiastical and secular importance of ...

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• Archbishopric of Mainz - Bishops of Moguntiacum 80-745
• Archbishopric of Mainz - Archbishops of Mainz 745-1251
• Archbishopric of Mainz - Archbishops-Electors of Mainz 1251-1803

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