Franz Xaver Anton von Scheben

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Franz Xaver Anton von Scheben , also Scheben von Cronfeld (born March 24, 1711 in Koblenz-Niederberg , † November 19, 1779 in Worms ) was auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Worms and titular bishop of Assuras from 1765 to 1779 .

Origin and family

He was the son of the ennobled Elector of Trier Hofrat Johann Peter von Scheben and his wife Maria Scholastika geb. Finger. The father founded in 1725 as Kurtrierer Hofkammerdirektor in Speyer Cathedral born an epitaph for his own parents Heinrich Scheben, secretary of the Speyer Cathedral Chapter and Eva Susanna Bender. The epitaph is no longer preserved, but its inscription is handed down by the historian Johann Franz Capellini von Wickenburg (1677–1752) in Volume 2 of the “ Thesaurus Palatinus ” . Johann Peter von Scheben enjoyed so much trust from the Elector of Trier that he gave him the keys to the relic of the Holy Robe at the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress entrusted.

Franz Xaver Anton's sister Maria Agnes von Scheben married the Mainz nobleman Philipp Moritz Gedult von Jungsfeld . In 1743, the brother became the godfather of their son Franz Xaver Anton Gedult von Jungsfeld (1743–1782). The latter was the imperial postmaster in Mainz and the father of the future mayor of Mainz, Franz Gedult von Jungsfeld (1778-1840).

Live and act

From 1729 to 1731 Franz Xaver Anton von Scheben first studied law at the University of Mainz , then theology there and in Reims . In 1730 he became a canon at St. Viktor in Mainz , soon also at St. Peter . He was ordained a priest on June 11, 1734.

In 1737 Franz Xaver Anton von Scheben was promoted to Electoral Mainz and Trier Privy Councilor as well as Apostolic Protonotary . In 1738 he received a canonical at the Holy Cross Abbey in Mainz , where he was later elected dean .

Damaged epitaph in Worms

In April 1765, the Archbishop of Trier and Worms Prince-Bishop Johann Philipp von Walderdorff appointed him auxiliary bishop in Worms. On May 26th of that year he was ordained titular bishop of Assuras. In the same year Scheben became imperial and in 1767 apostolic book commissioner in Frankfurt am Main . Later he was also appointed Apostolic Commissioner in Frankfurt. In this function he kept the apostolic nuncio up to date on all events of imperial politics and was considered one of his main informants.

On March 26, 1767, in Mannheim Palace , the auxiliary bishop , together with the Palatine Electress Elisabeth Augusta , accepted the first members of the newly founded Order of St. Elisabeth . Together with the Hildesheim prince-bishop Friedrich Wilhelm von Westphalen and the Speyer auxiliary bishop Johann Adam Buckel, Scheben consecrated the new Speyer shepherd August von Limburg-Stirum in 1770 . Because of his teachings he gave the youth, he beanzeigte Karl Friedrich Bahrdt that several times because of his immoral way of life come to the attention of operators Philanthropinums in Heidenheim , while Reichshofrat and reached in 1778 the abolition of the institution. Pope Pius VI spoke to him for this . his express recognition.

Auxiliary Bishop von Scheben, who was also the Electoral Palatinate secret council, died in Worms in 1779 and was buried in the Dominican church there. His damaged epitaph is now in the Martinskirche in Worms . He and his brother Franz Bertram were raised to the hereditary baron status in 1768 .

literature

  • Ernst Heinrich Kneschke: New General German Adels Lexicon , Volume 1, P. 106; (Digital scan)
  • Görres-Gesellschaft: Historisches Jahrbuch , Volume 87, 1967, p. 345 u. 346, (detail scans)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roman quarterly for Christian antiquity and church history , Volume 50, 1955, p. 217; (Detail scan)
  2. ↑ Digital scan of the epitaph inscription
  3. ^ Adolf Bach: Goethe's "Dechant Dumeiz" , 1964, p. 89; (Detail scan)
  4. ^ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke: New general German Adels Lexicon , Volume 3, 1861, p. 465; (Digital scan)
  5. ↑ Mainzer Zeitschrift , volumes 87-88, 1995, p. 287 and 291; (Cutout scan 1) , (Cutout scan 2)
  6. ^ Website on book censorship in the Enlightenment, with a section on Franz Xaver Anton von Scheben
  7. ^ Leipziger Jahrbuch zur Buchgeschichte , Volume 15, p. 427, Verlag Otto Harrassowitz, 2006; (Detail scan)
  8. ↑ Kurtz-gefaßte historical messages on behalf of the new European events , Volume 59, p. 359, Regensburg, 1767; (Digital scan)
  9. ^ Kurt Lupp: Schloss Bruchsal: Building, Destruction and Reconstruction , Regional Culture Publishing House, 2003, p. 93, ISBN 389735263X ; (Detail scan)
  10. ^ Horst Robert Balz: Theologische Realenzyklopädie , Volume 5, P. 132, Verlag Walter de Gruyter, 1980, ISBN 3110077396 ; (Digital scan)
  11. ↑ Website on the old Dominican monastery in Worms
personal data
SURNAME Scheben, Franz Xaver Anton von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scheben von Cronfeld, Franz Xaver Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Worms and Titular Bishop of Assuras (1765–1779)
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1711
PLACE OF BIRTH Koblenz-Niederberg
DATE OF DEATH November 19, 1779
Place of death Worms