Hermann Matthias von Attems

Hermann Matthias von Attems († February 13, 1713 in Passau ) was Passau canon , official and master builder of the cathedral .

Life

Hermann Matthias, Count of Attems , studied from 1650 to 1654 as an alumnus of the Collegium Germanicum in Rome. After his ordination he was pastor in Hausleiten (May 1670), Niederhollabrunn and Ruppersthal in Lower Austria , Diocese of Passau , but resided in Passau and had pastoral care by vicars and chaplains, the operation of the economy by secular administrators, sometimes both by an administrator in Personal union.

In 1655 he became canon , in 1677 cathedral builder and in 1684 cathedral dean in Passau. From 1665 to 1676 he was the official and vicar general of the Bishop of Passau for the region above the Enns . He was also canon in Olomouc and Breslau . From 1665 to 1713 he was provost of the collegiate monastery St. Salvator in Passau-Ilzstadt.

Works

Ad Illustrissimum & Reverendissimum D [omi] num Dominum VVenceslavm Episcopum Passaviensem … [Sl], [1666] ( digitized version )

literature

August Leidl : "Attems, Hermann Matthias Reichsgraf von." In: Erwin Gatz : The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire 1648–1803. Berlin: Duncker and Humblot, 1990, p. 16
August Leidl: The Diocese of Passau between the Vienna Concordat (1448) and the present: short portraits of the Passau bishops, auxiliary bishops, officials (vicars general) of this epoch. Passavia, 1993, p. 230
Sheets of the Association for Regional Studies of Lower Austria and Vienna 27 (1893), p. 203

Remarks

↑ In the visitation files of 1708 (cf. Theodor Wiedemann : History of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation in the Lande under the Enns. Volume V, p. 250) it says: “It is painful to regret that the two beautiful and abundant parishes of Hausleiten and Unter-Hollabrunn per mercenarios (= hirelings) are administrated so loosely. "

personal data
SURNAME	Attems, Hermann Matthias von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Passau canon, official and cathedral builder
DATE OF BIRTH	17th century
DATE OF DEATH	February 13, 1713
Place of death	Passau

[1] In the visitation files of 1708 (cf. Theodor Wiedemann : History of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation in the Lande under the Enns. Volume V, p. 250) it says: “It is painful to regret that the two beautiful and abundant parishes of Hausleiten and Unter-Hollabrunn per mercenarios (= hirelings) are administrated so loosely. "