Leonhard von Laiming

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Bishop Leonhard von Laiming

Leonhard von Laiming (* 1381 in Rosenheim ; † June 24, 1451 in Passau ) was Prince-Bishop in the Diocese of Passau since 1424 .

Life

He came from a Bavarian ministerial family and studied in Vienna in 1407 and then in Bologna , where he acquired the title "Doctor decretorum". From 1400 he was a cleric in Salzburg and a canon in Passau . He was ordained priest in 1414.

In 1420 he became the official of the Bishop of Passau for the region above the Enns ( Upper Austria ). In 1422 King Sigismund appointed him court chaplain. In July 1423 he was elected Bishop of Passau against the Austrian candidate and confirmed by the Pope in April 1424. The citizens of Passau only took the oath of homage to him six years after his election.

Bishop Leonard had in Passau Veste Oberhaus further expand and strengthen. In addition, he initiated the reconstruction of the Niederhaus Fortress, which was destroyed in 1435 . He supported the Austrian politics, and in 1438 appointed him King Albert II. To the Chancellor , a post under Albrecht's successor he Friedrich III. held.

After the election of the antipope Felix V, Leonhard confessed to Eugene IV and, on behalf of the German rulers at the Council of Basel , tried to mediate between the radical wing of the council, which rejected the suzerainty of the Pope, and Pope Eugene IV. His secretary at the council was Johannes Seld de Leubs .

In his diocese he promoted the monastic reform in the Austrian part of the diocese. In 1435, 1437 and 1440 he convened diocesan synods in Passau to enforce the decisions of the Council of Basel. He had St. Stephen's Cathedral expanded. His artful tomb was destroyed by the flames in the town fire of 1662.

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SURNAME Laiming, Leonhard von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Passau
DATE OF BIRTH 1381
PLACE OF BIRTH Rosenheim
DATE OF DEATH June 24, 1451
Place of death Passau