Bingen and theologian Gerhoh von Reichersberg, provost of Reichersberg Abbey. He also had a major role in the mobilisation for the Second Crusade. He was well received at the court of Conrad III, whose wife, Gertrude of Sulzbach, and their young son, Friedrich von Rothenburg, were buried at Ebrach Abbey. Adam was also held in esteem by the pope and by Emperor Frederick I. The latter added him to his first delegation to Pope Eugenius III, referring to him as the man of my trust, in ecclesiastic and worldly things. However, when Barbarossa later backed the Antipope Victor IV, he lost Adam's support. Adam's remains rest in the mausoleum of the abbey church in Ebrach. See also Catholic Church in Germany References Sources Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' – online version at Wikisource 12th-century German clergy 1161 deaths German Cistercians German abbots Year of birth unknown Cistercian abbots