Heinrich Ferdinand von der Leyen zu Nickenich

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Provost Heinrich Ferdinand von der Leyen

Heinrich Ferdinand von der Leyen (* probably 1639 in Cologne ; † March 8, 1714 in Mainz ) was a Catholic clergyman. Most recently he was provost of the cathedral in Mainz and choir bishop in Trier and also served as envoy.

Life

He was the son of Lothar Ferdinand von der Leyen and Maria Sophia Brömser von Rüdesheim. He attended schools in Cologne and Trier . Von der Leyen entered the clergy. From 1653 he was domicellar in the cathedral chapter in Trier and from 1679 archdeacon in Karden on the Moselle , which gave him the honorary title of Trier choir bishop. Later he also became provost of the cathedral in Mainz. In 1705 he refused to be elected bishop of Eichstätt , where he also held a canon position, for reasons of age.

Due to his worldly skills, he served various gentlemen as a diplomat. In this capacity he was also authorized representative of the Archbishop of Trier Johann Hugo von Orsbeck in Vienna in 1677 and in 1689 companion of the elector in the election of Joseph I as Roman-German king in Augsburg .

Heinrich Ferdinand von der Leyen donated the silver-plated Arnulfus statue to his home community Nickenich , which is still in the current church today.

Tomb in the south transept of Mainz Cathedral

He was buried in an elaborate tomb in Mainz Cathedral . The 8.33 m high epitaph was created by Johann Mauritz Gröninger .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Arnulphus veneration
  2. ↑ Grave monuments in the St. Martin and St. Stephan cathedral
  3. ↑ Luzie Bratner: The archbishop's grave monuments of the 17th and 18th centuries in Mainz Cathedral (PDF; 49 kB) self-published by the Society for Middle Rhine Church History

literature

  • Dr. Carl Wilkes: Nickenich in the Pellenz . Ed .: Local community Nickenich. 1925.
  • Johannes Andernach: Nickenich in pictures and drawings . Ed .: Local community Nickenich.
  • Ferdinand Pauly : The dioceses of the church province Trier. The Archdiocese of Trier - III. The St. Kastor Abbey in Karden on the Moselle . In: Germania sacra NF Vol. 19 . Berlin 1986, ISBN 978-3-11-010445-5 , pp. 313 ( germania-sacra.de ).
personal data
SURNAME Leyen zu Nickenich, Heinrich Ferdinand von der
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leyen, Heinrich Ferdinand von der
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catholic clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH uncertain: 1639
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 1714
Place of death Mainz