Johann Philipp von Lamberg (Bishop)

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Cardinal Johann Philipp Graf von Lamberg

Johann Philipp Graf von Lamberg (born May 25, 1651 or 1652 in Vienna , † October 20 or October 21, 1712 in Regensburg ; in some sources his name appears as Lambert ) was Bishop of Passau and cardinal .

Life

Coming from the old Austrian noble family von Lamberg , the son of Johann Maximilian von Lamberg studied philosophy, law and political science in Vienna, Steyr and Passau . In 1663 he became canon in Passau, 1668 in Olomouc , 1673 Doctor iuris utriusque at the University of Siena . In 1675 he was appointed canon in Salzburg and in 1676 as imperial councilor . As such he was ambassador in Düsseldorf, Dresden, Berlin and Regensburg. Lamberg also took part in the Great Turkish War . On May 24, 1689, the cathedral chapter of Passau elected him as the new bishop, although he had only received the deacon ordination, on January 11, 1690 the papal confirmation followed and on May 14, 1690 the episcopal ordination by the Archbishop of Kalocsa , Leopold Karl von Kollonitsch .

Johann Philipp von Lamberg remained primarily a politician and diplomat even as a prince-bishop . In 1697 he went to Warsaw as the imperial envoy, where he carried out the election of August of Saxony as king. In 1699 he received the post of imperial principal commissioner , on July 21, 1700, at the suggestion of Emperor Leopold I, he was elevated to cardinalate by Pope Innocent XII. His titular church San Silvestro in Capite he received in 1701. He took part in the conclave in 1700 , in which Clement XI. was elected Pope.

When the Spanish War of Succession broke out in 1702 at the Reichstag in Regensburg , he enforced the Reich's declaration of war against France and the imperial ban on Elector Max Emanuel of Bavaria and his brother, Elector Joseph Clemens of Cologne. Also in the imperial elections of Joseph I and Charles VI. he was diplomatically active.

Under his aegis, the furnishings of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Passau were completed and construction of the New Residence began. He had the episcopal library, which was destroyed in 1662 and 1680, rebuilt. He had several new towns founded on the trade routes belonging to the Goldener Steig , of which Philippsreut still bears his name today. In 1694 he moved the clerical seminary from the Jesuit college in Passau to the building that is now the State Library. At the cathedral cloister he built his burial place with the Lamberg chapel .

coat of arms

Cardinal's coat of arms

Fourth shield, 1 and 4 split by silver and red , two blue bars in front , 2 and 3 in a golden field a jumping black hound . In the middle shield in a red field a ladder with 2 brackets in a spiked collar. The cardinal's red pontifical hat ( Galero ) with 15 tassels (fiocchi) each is used as a crest.

As a sign of his worldly rule (prince-bishop), the shield is crowned by a prince's hat with a crossed shepherd's staff and sword. On the other coat of arms there is a double central shield (Passau wolf).

literature

Web links

Commons : Johann Philipp Graf von Lamberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Irmgard Bezzel: The library of the Gurk bishop Johann Jakob von Lamberg (1561-1630). A library of Romanesque prints from the 16th century. In: Börsenblatt for the German book trade - Frankfurt edition. Volume 89, (November 5) 1968 (= Archive for the History of Books. Volume 62), pp. 2919–2928, here: pp. 2927 f.
personal data
SURNAME Lamberg, Johann Philipp von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lambert, Johann Philipp von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prince-Bishop of Passau
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1651 or May 25, 1652
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH October 20, 1712 or October 21, 1712
Place of death regensburg