Hermann IV of Hesse

Hermann IV of Hesse
Archbishop of Cologne
Seventeenth-century recreation of a 1493 portrait of Hermann IV of Hesse.
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseCologne
Appointed1480
Term ended1508
PredecessorRuprecht of the Palatinate
SuccessorPhilip II of Daun-Oberstein
Orders
Consecration4 March 1487
Personal details
Born1442
Died27 September 1508
BuriedCologne Cathedral
Hermann pictured on a panel by the Master of the Life of the Virgin.
Statue of Hermann in Neuss.

Hermann IV of Hesse (German: Hermann von Hessen; "the Peaceful", German: der Friedsame, Latin: Pacificus) (1442 – 27 September 1508) was the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne from 1480 to 1508 and the Prince-Bishop of Paderborn from 1498 to 1508.


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