Daniel Zen

Bishop Daniel Zen

Daniel Zen (* 1585 in Vigo ; † September 24, 1628 in Brixen ) was a bishop of Brixen .

Life

Zen was born in Val di Fassa . He was the cathedral organist in Brixen and later received the cathedral provost of Brixen. Zen was a Ladin and was ordained a bishop on October 3, 1627. From 1615 to 1616 he was dean of Krems an der Donau . From 1627 to 1628 he was Bishop of Brixen; he died on September 24, 1628 at the age of 44. Zen was the only Ladin who became Bishop of Brixen. His term of office was the shortest of all previous bishops of Brixen (as far as the terms of office are known to us).

Zen musical compositions are stored in the Brixen cathedral archive.

literature

The high cathedral is her tombstone . In: Dolomites , August 21, 2008, p. 9.

Individual evidence

↑ Schönfellner: "Krems - Between Reformation and Counter-Reformation", Verlag Verein für Landeskunde von Niederösterreich 1985, p. 325.

predecessor	Office	successor
Hieronymus Otto Agricola	Bishop of Brixen 1627–1628	Wilhelm of Welsperg

personal data
SURNAME	Zen, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Brixen
DATE OF BIRTH	1585
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vigo
DATE OF DEATH	September 24, 1628
Place of death	Brixen

[1] Schönfellner: "Krems - Between Reformation and Counter-Reformation", Verlag Verein für Landeskunde von Niederösterreich 1985, p. 325.