Franz Konrad von Rodt
Franz Konrad Kasimir Ignaz von Rodt (born March 17, 1706 in Meersburg ; † October 16, 1775 ibid) was cardinal of the Roman Church , imperial baron and from 1750 to 1775 Prince-Bishop of Constance .
family
Franz Konrad von Rodt came from a knightly nobility; his father was the general and Breisach fortress commander Franz Christoph von Rodt (1671–1743), his brothers were Maximilian Christof von Rodt , Franz Konrad's successor as Prince-Bishop of Konstanz (1775–1799), and the generals Christian von Rodt and Anton Egbert von Rodt .
He was the last incumbent owner of the feudal Bußmannshausen with Orsenhausen Monastery, which was acquired by Hans von Rodt in 1534. After the death of his brother General Christian von Rodt in 1768 the fief was withdrawn from Austria. After Franz Konrad's objection, the family got the fief back. After his death Maximilian Christof transferred the rule to his nephew, Bernhard von Hornstein-Göffingen.
Life
The house where he was born is on Schlossplatz in Meersburg, in the former home of the von Rodt family.
After studying in Freiburg , Rome , Siena and Strasbourg, Franz Konrad was ordained a priest in Constance on April 14, 1737 . In 1739 he became coadjutor of his uncle Kasimir Anton von Sickingen and provost in Constance. In 1750 he was appointed provost of Eisgarn ; However, he was represented by a provost koadjutor .
On November 9th (or October 9th) 1750, Franz Konrad von Rodt was elected Bishop of Constance by the Constance Cathedral Chapter as the successor to his uncle Casimir Anton von Sickingen and was also appointed Canon of Augsburg . He received his episcopal ordination on March 15, 1751.
On July 22nd, 1756 Franz Konrad von Rodt, Imperial Prince , Lord of Reichenau and Öhningen , bearer of the Grand Cross of the Order of St. John of Malta and Protector, was elevated to cardinal and on April 5th, 1756 was confirmed by Pope Benedict XIV . In the same year he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Malta . On August 2, 1758, he was appointed cardinal priest of the titular church of Santa Maria del Popolo .
The term of office of Konrad - as well as that of his brother Maximilian later - was shaped by the disputes with the Lucerne nunciature and the large abbeys of St. Gallen and Einsiedeln , located in the Diocese of Constance , and the Swabian prince monastery of Kempten . The ecclesiastical policy of Emperor Joseph II aggravated the financial situation of the bishopric and endangered the continued existence of the diocese.
Franz Konrad von Rodt had his bishopric in the " New Castle " in Meersburg , which was inaugurated and completed by one of his predecessors, Johann Franz Schenk von Stauffenberg , in 1710 . Due to massive structural damage, Franz Konrad commissioned Franz Anton Bagnato in 1759/60 to tear down Balthasar Neumann's staircase and rebuild it. On the initiative of Franz Konrad, numerous churches (such as the Baitenhausen pilgrimage chapel northeast of Meersburg's upper town) were decorated with ceiling frescoes and pictures. Reliefs with Franz Konrad's coat of arms decorate the facade of the castle on the lake side and on the city side.
In 1757 Franz Konrad also became abbot of the Barbato fort in the Cremonese region, just as he was in Szekszárd in Hungary. In 1765 he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Royal Hungarian Order of St. Stephen .
Franz Konrad von Rodt died of a stroke in the episcopal residence in Meersburg and was buried in the choir of the Catholic parish church in Meersburg. The subsequent parish church was built from 1827 to 1829 and the remains of Franz Konrad von Rodt as well as Christoph Metzler and Maximilian Christoph von Rodt such as Hugo von Hohenlandenberg and Johann Georg von Hallwyl were reburied in the vaulted crypt near the entrance.
Web links
- Rodt, Franz Konrad Kasimir Ignaz von. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed May 11, 2017.
- Entry on Franz Konrad Kasimir Ignaz von Rodt on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved December 8, 2016.
- Herbert Frey: Rodt, Franz Konrad Kasimir Ignaz von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Salvador Miranda gives March 10th as the date of birth, cf. Rodt, Franz Konrad Kasimir Ignaz von. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website , English)
- ^ Rudolf Reinhardt : Maximilian Christoph v. Rodt. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-428-00197-4 , p. 506 f. ( Digitized version ).
- ^ Hermann Reidel and Wolf Deiseroth: City of Meersburg. Lake Constance district. In: Local core atlas Baden-Württemberg. State Monument Authority of Baden-Württemberg. Land surveying office Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart no year, Volume 4.2. ISBN 3-89021-009-0 . P. 24
- ↑ Catherine Bosshart-Pfluger: The Basel Cathedral Chapter from his move to Arlesheim to secularization (1678–1803). 1983
- ^ Antoine Godeau, Bernhard Hyper, Johann L. von Groote, Arnaldo Speroni degli Alvarotti: General Church History. Volume 23. Rieger 1785, p. 231 f.
- ↑ However, the coat of arms on the city side was painted in the wrong colors and is therefore hardly recognizable. Last updated 2012.
- ^ Antoine Godeau, Bernhard Hyper, Johann L. von Groote, Arnaldo Speroni degli Alvarotti: General Church History. Volume 23. Rieger, 1785, p. 233 f.
- ↑ A stone tablet to the right of the entrance to the Catholic parish church of Meersburg says that Franz Konrad von Rodt is buried in the vaulted crypt.
- ^ Joseph Bergmann: The imperial counts from and to Hohenembs in Vorarlberg. Volume 11 of Memoranda. Academy of Sciences in Vienna, Philosophical-Historical Class, 1861
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Kasimir Anton von Sickingen |
Bishop of Constance 1750–1775 |
Maximilian Christof von Rodt |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rodt, Franz Konrad von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rodt, Franz Konrad Kasimir Ignaz Reichsfreiherr von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Constance (1750–1775), cardinal of the Roman Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 17, 1706 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Meersburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 16, 1775 |
| Place of death | Meersburg |