George of Slatkonia

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Epitaph in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna by Loy Hering

Georg von Slatkonia or Jurij Slatkonja (born March 21, 1456 in Ljubljana - Laibach , ( Carniola ); † April 26, 1522 in Vienna ) was the Catholic bishop of Vienna .

Life

He studied in Laibach, Ingolstadt and Vienna, was ordained a priest, was cantor at the Vienna Court Music Band and from 1498 its director. He expanded the chapel, took on amateurs as musicians and had them perform secular works. Through him composers like Paul Hofhaimer , Heinrich Isaac and Ludwig Senfl came to Vienna. No works have survived from his own composition activity.

He became canon and provost of Laibach and in 1506 administrator of the Pedena (Piben) diocese in Istria . On March 1, 1513 he was appointed bishop of the diocese of Vienna by Emperor Maximilian I and confirmed by Pope Leo X on August 12 . His episcopal ordination on November 13th in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna was the first since the diocese was founded in 1469.

In 1521 the Reformation preacher Paul Seperatus came to Vienna, whom Slatkonia had to have preached in St. Stephen's Cathedral on January 12, 1522.

He is buried in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna.

The Archdiocese of Vienna has been awarding the Bischof Slatkonia Prize for new liturgical music since 2000 .

literature

  • Markus Grassl: On instrumental ensemble music at the court of Maximilian I. In: The Viennese court music band . Vienna-Cologne-Weimar 1999, ISBN 3-205-98923-6
  • Franz Loidl: History of the Archdiocese of Vienna . Herold, Vienna 1983. ISBN 3-7008-0223-4
  • Joseph Mantuani: Slatkonja Georg v. In Lexicon for Theology and Church . 1st edition, 9th volume. Herder, Freiburg i. B. 1937

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predecessor Office successor
Luigi Rugerio Bishop of Pedena
1513 		Nikolaus Creutzer
Johannes Gosztónyi de Felsöszeleste Bishop of Vienna
1513–1522 		Petrus Bonomo
personal data
SURNAME George of Slatkonia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES George of Slatkonja
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catholic bishop of Vienna
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1456
PLACE OF BIRTH Ljubljana , Slovenia
DATE OF DEATH April 26, 1522
Place of death Vienna