'Johannes Abezier' (born in
Toruń around 1380 - died after
1424) was a
provost and
bishop of the
Teutonic Knights in
Frombork and
Ermland.
He acquired his baccalaureate in
Prague in
1393, and his magister in
1401. Later he acted as ''Doctor Decretorum'' and ''Auditor Rotae''. In
1411, he became provost in the cathedral of Frombork. He participated in a mission to
Ofen where King
Sigismund was trying to settle the disputes between the order and
Poland.
In
1414 he accompanied the archbishop of
Riga,
Johann von Wallenrodt, to the
Council of Kostnitz. In the same year he was awarded the bishop's
see of Ermland. On
13 October 1415 he participated once more in a mission to settle conflicts between the order and Poland, this time in
Wileny.
He remained bishop of Ermland until 1424.
Sources
★ ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' -
online version