Christoph von Pappenheim

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Christoph von Pappenheim (disambiguation) .

Bishop Christoph on his epitaph in the cathedral

Christoph von Pappenheim, coat of arms on his epitaph

Christoph von Pappenheim (* 1492 ; † June 19, 1539 ) was bishop of the Eichstätt diocese and at the same time prince-bishop of the Eichstätt monastery from 1535 to 1539.

origin

Christoph came from the Swabian - Franconian noble family von Pappenheim . He was the son of the Augsburg bailiff, captain and councilor of the Electorate of Saxony, Wilhelm I von Pappenheim († 1508) and his wife Magdalena von Rechberg († 1508) and had three brothers and a sister. Due to the hereditary Reichsmarschallamt, the hereditary office became part of the name. Christoph von Pappenheim is therefore also listed as Christoph Marschall or Marschalk von Pappenheim. The eponymous headquarters is Pappenheim with Pappenheim Castle in the Altmühltal (Pappenheim is now a town in the Middle Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen ). Family members have risen to high ecclesiastical dignitaries in the Eichstätt , Augsburg and Regensburg area , such as Georg von Pappenheim as Bishop of Regensburg (1548–1536) and Kaspar Marschall von Pappenheim , who as Eichstätter canon and uncle Christoph tried very hard for him. With his support, Christoph received cathedral chapter seats in Eichstätt and Konstanz . Another contemporary of Christoph is Matthäus von Pappenheim (1458–1541).

Act as a bishop

Christoph von Pappenheim was elected by the Eichstätter cathedral chapter to succeed Gabriel von Eyb on December 1, 1535 , proclaimed as such on December 14 and consecrated bishop of Augsburg by Bishop Christoph von Stadion on Easter 1536 . Despite a good upbringing, he lacked education; he couldn't even speak Latin. He tended to be quick to anger . In his short reign he fought against abuses in the clergy; by example and severity, he sought to inspire the clergy. With the Pope he achieved that the canons at the Eichstätter Willibaldschorstift could only be assigned by the Eichstätter Bishop, so that the bishop could appoint suitable men there. In 1538 he succeeded in beating the Herrieden priory with all income and subjects to the episcopal income.

As Prince-Bishop Christoph von Pappenheim has a personal coat of arms. It alternates between the family coat of arms and the coat of arms of the diocese in a crossing . The diocese is symbolized with a crook . The family coat of arms shows three rows of blue and silver iron hats ( fur or iron hats ).

epitaph

In the cathedral of Eichstätt , in the Pappenheimer chapel, his epitaph can be found in the form of a triptych by the hand of the sculptor Loy Hering . The theme of the middle section is the Lamentation of Christ with the Eichstatt diocesan saints; the bishop kneels in the left side panel.

literature

• M. Johann Alexander Döderlein: Historical news of the very old high-priced house of the imperial and the realm marshals of Palatine, and the married and dermahligen realm hereditary marshals, lords and counts of Pappenheim, etc. Johann Jacob Enderes, Hoch-Fürstl. privil. Book dealer, 1739, p. 230–232 ( full text in the Google book search).

Web links

• Description of coat of arms after Dr. Bernhard Peter

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Klaus Kreitmeir: Gifted with great humility . In: Church newspaper for the Diocese of Eichstätt from June 8, 2014, p. 15
2. ↑ Klaus Kreitmeir: Gifted with great humility . In: Church newspaper for the Eichstätt diocese of June 8, 2014, p. 15; Julius Sax: The bishops and imperial princes of Eichstädt, 2nd volume, Landshut 1885, pp. [425] -430

predecessor	Office	successor
Gabriel from Eyb	Bishop of Eichstätt 1535–1539	Moritz von Hutten