Antonius Salamanca-Hoyos

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Antonius Salamanca-Hoyos , also Anton von Hoyos , (* around 1506 , † 1551 in Conegliano ) was Bishop of Gurk .

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Antonius Salamanca-Hoyos, a native of Spain, was the brother of Juan de Hoyos , imperial colonel and councilor. He came to Germany with Charles V from Spain and founded the Austrian branch of the noble Hoyos family. He was already coadjutor of the diocese of Gurk under Bishop Hieronymus Balbi when he took over the diocese as administrator in 1526. The highly educated and multi-lingual speaking Salamanca-Hoyos spent the first part of his reign in Pisa for study purposes and did not seek permission to be ordained bishop in Rome until 1539, 14 years later. On November 13, 1539, permission was given. First he received the minor orders in Venice, on February 1, 1540 he became a subdeacon, a day later a deacon. The consecration was given by Archbishop Johannes Magnus Gottus of Uppsala, who was expelled from Sweden by the Protestants and who was currently in Venice. An episcopal ordination is not documented, but he appeared as a bishop from March 1540 - previously only as an administrator.

His government fell at the time when Protestantism was spreading in the Austrian countries and the bishop was asked by King Ferdinand I to take action against the heresy with godly preachers.

Bishop Antonius showed great interest in economic issues and succeeded in relieving the heavily indebted diocese at least in part.

During the reign of Bishop Hoyos, the Archbishop of Salzburg and King Ferdinand I signed a treaty in 1535 that regulated the future occupation of the Gurk Bishop. The treaty remained in force until the fall of the Habsburg Empire in 1918.

On the trip to the Council of Trent , the bishop in Conegliano (Küniglon) in Veneto was murdered by his valet, allegedly because he did not want to pay him. He was buried in the local church of Santa Maria.

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