Lorcher Fälschungen#

Lorcher Faelschungen ("Lorch Forgeries"), five papal documents forged, or fraudulently modified, by Bishop Pilgrim I. of Passau between 971 and 985 in his capacity as scribe of the Royal Chancellery and a letter addressed by the bishop to Pope Benedict VI (VII); his intention was to make Passau the legal successor to the antique archdiocese of Lorch (Lauriacum), to enable its separation from the archdiocese of Salzburg and to win for Pilgrim the rank of Metropolitan who would have jurisdiction over bishoprics to be founded in Hungary and Moravia. Pilgrim's efforts were to no avail, but continued to influence the appreciation of Passau's historical standing well into the 20th century. H. Koller believes that the forgeries were not made until much later, i.e. the time of Friedrich Barbarossa in the 12th century.

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