Johann Eglof von Knöringen

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Johann Eglof von Knöringen or Johannes Egolf von Knöringen (* July 25, 1537 ; † June 4, 1575 in Dillingen ) was Bishop of Augsburg from 1573 to 1575 and was appointed Count Palatine by the Emperor .

Johann Egolf from the Swabian ministerial family Knöringen had been a canon in Freising since 1547 and later (1552) in Augsburg. In 1559 he began his studies in Ingolstadt and continued this in Bologna and Freiburg . As a member of the Würzburg cathedral chapter, he held the office of cathedral holaster there from 1564, which he resigned in 1570 in favor of the later Würzburg prince-bishop, the young and self-proposed Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn . He was finally appointed Apostolic Protonotary in 1570 and elected Prince-Bishop of Augsburg in 1573. In the Augsburg interest rate dispute there were violent disputes with the Jesuits . Johann Egolf spoke out against the Reformation and tried to prevent its advance.

literature

Georg Kreuzer: Knöringen, Johann Eglof (Egolf) from. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 4, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, ISBN 3-88309-038-7 , Sp. 154-156. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
Friedrich Roth : Johann Eglof von Knoeringen . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 50, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1905, p. 683 f.

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predecessor	Office	successor
Otto Truchseß von Waldburg	Bishop of Augsburg 1573–1575	Marquard II from the mountain

personal data
SURNAME	Knöringen, Johann Eglof from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Knöringen, Johann Egolf von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German clergyman, bishop of Augsburg
DATE OF BIRTH	July 25, 1537
DATE OF DEATH	June 4, 1575
Place of death	Dillingen