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'''Gotebald''' (or '''Gotebold''') was the [[Patriarch of Aquileia]] during the middle of the eleventh century (1049–1063). He was originally a [[Provost (religion)|provost]] from [[Speyer]] (''prepositus Nemetensis''). During his reign, the century-old conflict between [[Old-Aquileia]] and [[Patriarchate of Grado|Grado]] reached a climax.
Between 1050 and 1051, he supported the [[bishop of Treviso]] in a conflict, going so far as to falsify an imperial diploma.
In 1053, [[Pope Leo IX]] declared Grado to be the true patriarchate, a ''Nova Aquileia'' and ''caput et metropolis'' of the Province of ''Venetia et Histria''.<ref>A "new Aquileia" and "head and [[Metropolitan (religion)|metropolitan]]" of "[[Venetia (region)|Venetia]] and [[Istria]]."</ref> Gotebald was relegated to being mere ''Forojuliensis episcopus''.<ref>"Bishop of [[Friuli]]."</ref> In response to this, Gotebald took up arms to defend the territorial integrity of his patriarchal [[diocese]]. He refused to aid the [[Gregorian Reforms|papal reformers]] against [[simony|simoniacs]]. He did, however, have the friendship of [[Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor]], who even confirmed the false diploma. Gotebald and the emperor put pressure on [[Pope Victor II]] to reverse the decision of Leo, but to no avail.
Henry continued to treat Gotebald with prestige nevertheless. On his deathbed (1056), the emperor called on Gotebald, [[Gebhard III, Bishop of Regensburg|Gebhard III of Regensburg]], and the pope to determine the [[Regent|regency]] for his young son [[Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry IV]]. Gotebald traveled to Germany in the years that followed and was confirmed as patriarch with supremacy over Grado by Henry IV.
Despite his lifelong conflict with the [[episcopal see|see]] of Grado and the popes, he was not a poor clergyman. He enlarged the monasteries of his domain considerably before his death in 1063.
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==Sources==
*Caravale, Mario (ed). ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani''. Rome.
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