Erasmus Pagendorfer

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Erasmus Pagendorfer († July 15, 1561 in Linz ) was bishop of harpsichord and auxiliary bishop in Passau .

Life

Erasmus Pagendorfer appears in 1555 as the representative of Bishop Wolfgang von Salm at the visitation ordered by King Ferdinand I for the Austrian portion of the Diocese of Passau . Appointed auxiliary bishop in Passau on March 24, 1557 with the titular seat of the harpsichord, he was appointed auxiliary bishop in Passau on July 25, 1558 by his predecessor Urban Sagstetter , Bishop of Gurk, in the church Maria am Gestade in Vienna, the seat of the Passau official and vicar general for the Land under the Enns, consecrated as a bishop. In 1557 he became provost of St. Salvator in Ilzstadt and beneficiary of the Sixtus Chapel at Passau Cathedral . He died on July 25, 1561 in Linz and was buried in the parish church . His red marble tombstone with a reclining figure in a bishop's robe has been preserved (on the east side outside).

literature

  • August Leidl : Pagendorfer, Erasmus († 1561). In: Erwin Gatz : The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire 1448 to 1648. A biographical lexicon. Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1996.
  • Siegfried Haider : 700 years of the city parish of Linz. Festschrift on the occasion of the anniversary celebrations in 1986, Linz 1986.

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personal data
SURNAME Pagendorfer, Erasmus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of the harpsichord and auxiliary bishop in Passau
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century or 16th century
DATE OF DEATH July 15, 1561
Place of death Linz