Franz Werner (Cathedral Chapter)

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Franz Werner (born October 21, 1761 in Mainz ; † 1845 ibid) was a Mainz cathedral chapter who mainly published on the history of Mainz .

Life

Franz Werner received his education in what was then the improved grammar school and then studied at the University of Mainz, which was reformed by Elector Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal . There he heard public law , imperial history and canon law until 1789 . At the end of 1789 he went to Rome . Here he did his theological studies in the German college , received his theological doctorate and, after his return from Elector Friedrich Karl, a canon in the collegiate monastery of St. Stephan in Mainz.

After the abolition of all spiritual foundations in 1802, he was appointed by Bishop Joseph Ludwig Colmar to the clerical council in October of the same year and, after the diocese had been organized in 1803, to the cathedral chapter . Cathedral dean Werner helped to save the Mainz Cathedral , which was badly damaged in the French Revolutionary Wars, from demolition and rebuilt it as diocese administrator.

Based on the work of the Benedictine Father Joseph Fuchs from Seligenstadt , he made a contribution to antiquity research in Mainz. His main work is the publication The Cathedral of Mainz and its monuments. In addition to the presentation of the fate of the city and the history of its archbishops up to the translation of the archbishopric to Regensburg (Mainz 1827–36, 3 volumes).

After the death of the Mainz bishop Johann Jakob Humann in 1834, he was proposed for election as bishop of Mainz , but turned it down in favor of Peter Leopold Kaiser .

In 1780, his father bought a winery from Count York in Hochheim am Main , which is now called Domdechant Werner´sches Weingut .

Publications

  • About the just claims of the Mainz church to the newly established Rhenish archbishopric . Müller, Mainz. 1821 (reprint from the magazine Der Katholik ).
  • The Popess Johanna , no true story , Müller, Mainz 1821 (special print from the magazine Der Katholik ).
  • The cathedral of Mainz and its monuments. In addition to the presentation of the fate of the city and the history of its archbishops up to the translation of the archbishopric to Regensburg. 3 volumes. Mainz 1827-1836.
    • First part. Müller, Mainz 1827.
    • Second part. Müller, Mainz 1830.
    • Third part. Kirchheim, Schott and Thielmann, Mainz 1836
  • Images of the monuments of the cathedral of Mainz, with Latin, German and French text accompaniment . Müller, Mainz 1st issue 1829. 2nd and 3rd issue. 1830.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heinrich Eduard Scriba : Biographical-literary lexicon of the writers of the Grand Duchy of Hesse in the first quarter of the nineteenth century , Verlag von KW Leske, Darmstadt 1831, p.
  2. ↑ Karl-Viktor Decker , Wolfgang Selzer in: Rise and Decline of the Roman World Vol.?, De Gruyter, Berlin 1976, ISBN 3110066904 , p.
  3. ^ Franz Heinrich Reusch:  Kaiser, Peter Leopold . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 10 f.
  4. ↑ History of the Domdechant Werner´schen Weingut ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.domdechantwerner.com
personal data
SURNAME Werner, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mainz Cathedral Chapter
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1761
PLACE OF BIRTH Mainz
DATE OF DEATH 1845
Place of death Mainz