Leopold I. (Seckau)

Half-length portrait of Bishop Leopold I, Seckau basilica , bishop's chapel (depiction around 1595)

Leopold I († December 13 or 16, 1291 in Judenburg ) was Bishop of Seckau .

Leopold had been pastor of St. Veit am Vogau since 1274, and Vice Cathedral of Leibnitz since 1277. In 1283, Friedrich von Walchen, Archbishop of Salzburg, appointed him Bishop of Seckau, and on March 7, 1283 he was ordained bishop in Salzburg Cathedral .

Leopold initially had a good relationship with the new Archbishop of Salzburg, Rudolf von Hoheneck . However, when Leopold refused to impose the interdict on the lands of his sovereign Duke Albrecht I on his behalf , he fell so much out of favor that the archbishop threatened to abolish the diocese of Seckau and sought a lawsuit against Leopold. The situation only eased under Rudolf's successor, Konrad von Fohnsdorf .

In the province of Styria, Leopold had a high level of political influence and was appointed governor in 1286 at the suggestion of Meinhard II . In this function, Leopold mostly represented the interests of the Styrian nobility and stood up against Duke Albrecht.

In 1287 Leopold consecrated the Johanneskapelle in the Graz Bischofshof, it is the oldest attested church consecration in the Styrian capital.

Leopold died on the way to Salzburg and was probably buried in the Seckau basilica . His tomb has not been preserved.

literature

• Erwin Gatz : The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire 1198 to 1448 . Berlin

predecessor	Office	successor
Wernhard von Marsbach	Bishop of Seckau 1283–1291	Henry II