Anton Georg Marenzi from Tagliuno and Talgate

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Bishop Anton Marenzi of Tagliuno and Talgate around 1655

Anton Georg (Antonio Georgio) Marenzi von Tagliuno and Talgate, Baron von Mahrensfeld and Schönegg (born September 20, 1596 in Trieste ; † October 22, 1662 there ), was a spiritual dignitary, Bishop of Pedena , then of Trieste , from the family Marenzi .

biography

Epitaph of Bishop Marenzi in the Cathedral of Trieste
Cathedral of St. Giusto in Trieste

He studied the liberal arts at the Jesuit schools in Trieste and Graz . In 1620, together with his brother Franz, he was admitted to the council of Triest decurions and in 1623 he held the office of judex and rector of the city. He married Lucretia de Calo on February 16, 1624 and had a son, Francesco. After his wife died in 1628, he chose the clergy and was ordained priest in 1631 . As Vicar General of the Trieste Bishop Pompeo Coronini, Anton, who was also pastor of Gurkfeld (Krško) and Apostolic Protonotary , worked very successfully for five years. As a result, it was nominated in 1635 by Emperor Ferdinand II for the bishopric of Pedena (Piben) in Istria , and consecrated in 1638.

In 1639 he dedicated a version of the "Vite di S. Niceforo martire e di S. Niceforo vescovo di Pedena", which Nicolò Manzioli had written in Italian in 1611, to Emperor Ferdinand, which was translated into Latin and expanded by two of his own epigrams.

Appointed imperial councilor in 1641, he acquired the Schönegg rule, and was vicar general of the imperial Wallenstein troops and councilor of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm for four years . Again on the nomination of the emperor, he became bishop on June 30, 1646 and thus also Count of Trieste.

Anton and his relative Ludwig (Ludovico), administrators of the main team in Trieste, were given the imperial and hereditary-Austrian baron with "von Marenzfeld and Scheneckh" as well as the increase of the coat of arms and the Palatinat (primogeniture) in Prague on 15 September 1652, by Emperor Ferdinand III. awarded. Finally in 1659 he got a seat and vote on the gentleman's and knight's bench in Gorizia. When Emperor Leopold I visited Trieste, he paid homage to the city.

Casa Marenzi in Trieste (right)

The bishop owned - also due to papal donations - an extensive collection of relics, which he bequeathed to his episcopal churches, especially the Antonius Chapel in the Cathedral of Trieste .

Anton had the "Casa Marenzi" built in Trieste. He completed the construction of this family palace on Rosarioplatz in 1650.

coat of arms

Wooden coat of arms for Bishop Anton Marenzi in San Giusto 1650

1654: Quartered and covered with a quartered golden heart shield, in it a) and d) a red-armored and crowned black eagle, b) and c) three diagonally right bars (family coat of arms) carved in blue and silver. - 1 and 4 in blue a silver ball winged on both sides, 2 and 3 in red a red-tongued, gold-crowned silver snake raised in four turns. - Three helmets, on the right with blue and gold covers the silver ball winged on both sides, on the middle one with red and silver covers a red-armored and crowned black eagle, on the left with blue and gold covers the crowned snake.

literature

  • Jakob Löwenthal: "History of the City of Triest", Volume 1, literary-artistic department of the Austrian Lloyd, Triest 1857
  • Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen Häuser 1862 to 1891 or 1942
  • Constantin von Wurzbach : Marenzi, Anton . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 16th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1867, p. 431 ( digitized version ).
  • GHdA Vol. 2 (1952), Vol. 47 (1970) and Vol. 112 (1997)
  • Alfred A. Strnad: "Marenzi, Anton Freiherr von Marensfeld and Schönegg" in: "Neue Deutsche Biographie" 16 (1990)
  • Heinrich Marenzi: “My family - an attempt to preserve history and memories”, 2006, 413 pages

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry on Anton Georg Marenzi from Tagliuno and Talgate on catholic-hierarchy.org
  2. ↑ a b Jakob Löwenthal: "History of the City of Triest", Volume 1, literary-artistic department of the Austrian Lloyd, Triest 1857, p. 121f
  3. ^ A. Jellouschek: "Contributions to the history of the city and the diocese of Trieste, in: Mitteilungen des Historische Verein für Krain 3, 1848, p. 13
  4. ↑ GHdA Vol. 2 (1952), Vol. 47 (1970) and Vol. 112 (1997)
  5. ^ A b Alfred A. Strnad:  Marenzi, Anton Freiherr von Ma (h) rensfeld and Schönegg (since 1654). In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-428-00197-4 , p. 149 ( digitized version ).
  6. ^ Heinrich Marenzi: "My family - an attempt to preserve history and memories", 2006, p. 174
  7. ↑ http://www.coresno.com/ - Austria
personal data
SURNAME Marenzi von Tagliuno and Talgate, Anton Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Marenzi von Tagliuno and Talgate, Freiherr von Mahrenfeld and Schönegg Anton Georg (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Trieste
DATE OF BIRTH September 20, 1596
PLACE OF BIRTH Trieste
DATE OF DEATH October 22, 1662
Place of death Trieste