# Stephan Bodecker

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'''Stephan Bodecker''' (1384 – 15 February 1459) was the 37th [Bishop of Brandenburg](/source/Bishop_of_Brandenburg) and a [Christian Hebraist](/source/Christian_Hebraist). He is known as the most important of the bishops of Brandenburg.

He was born the son of a poor [cooper](/source/cooper_(profession)) from [Rathenow](/source/Rathenow), a small town on the river [Havel](/source/Havel) around 20 miles north of [Brandenburg an der Havel](/source/Brandenburg_an_der_Havel). The very gifted young Bodecker studied arts, philosophy and law at the universities of [Erfurt](/source/Erfurt), [Leipzig](/source/Leipzig) and [Prague](/source/Prague) and became a well known scholar and adviser to the Brandenburgian [margrave](/source/margrave)s. As bishop of Brandenburg he became a Prince of the Empire, thus having a very unusual career for the Middle Ages.

Bishop Bodecker was a knowledgeable friend and strong defender of the discriminated Jews in [Brandenburg](/source/Margraviate_of_Brandenburg). Furthermore, he reorganized the diocese, which was in a chaotic state when he took office.

Bishop Bodecker  was a member of the order of [Premonstratensian](/source/Premonstratensian)s.

He is buried in the [Cathedral of Ss. Peter and Paul](/source/%3Ade%3ADom_St._Peter_und_Paul_(Brandenburg)) {{in lang|de}} in Brandenburg.

==References==
* Annette Wigger. ''Stephan Bodeker, O. Praem, Bischof von Brandenburg (1421-1459), Leben, Wirken und ausgewählte Werke.'' Frankfurt, Peter Lang 1992.
* John, James J. ''The University Career of Bishop Stephen Bodeker (1348-1459) of Brandenburg. With the Text of his Repetition on the Judge and his Conscience.'' In: Domonkos, Leslie S.; Schneider, Robert J. [Publ.]. ''Studium generale. Studies offered to Astrik Ladislas Gabriel.'' Notre Dame, Ind. 1967, p. 131-147.
* ''Jewish Encyclopedia''

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