Maximilian Rudolf von Schleinitz

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Maximilian Rudolf Freiherr von Schleinitz
copper engraving by Johann Balzer (1772)
Coat of arms Maximilian Rudolf Freiherr von Schleinitz, Bishop of Leitmeritz (1655–1675)

Maximilian Rudolf von Schleinitz (also: Maximilian Rudolf Freiherr von Schleinitz ; Czech: Maxmilián Rudolf Schleinitz ; * 1606 at Warnsdorf Castle ; † October 13, 1675 in Leitmeritz ) was the first bishop of the Leitmeritz diocese in Bohemia .

origin

Maximilian Rudolf von Schleinitz came from the old noble family von Schleinitz, which had extensive branches in Saxony and Bohemia . His parents were Albrecht von Schleinitz, on Schluckenau in Northern Bohemia , owner of the Blansko fiefdom in the Boskovice district in Moravia , imperial treasurer, * around 1570, † March 28, 1620, and Anna, b. Baroness von Ričan (Rziczansky von Rziczan, z Rzyczian, von Ritschan) on Warnsdorf ( Varnsdorf ). He was a grandson of Johann (Hans) von Schleinitz, * around 1540, † February 1, 1595, royal Bohemian governor of Upper Lusatia , on Liboch and Strogeticz.

Career

After attending the Jesuit grammar school in Olomouc , Maximilian Rudolf von Schleinitz began studying theology there, which he continued in Rome and received the academic degree of Dr. theol. completed. On May 6, 1630 he was ordained a priest in Prague , was then pastor, dean in Friedland ( Zakupy ) and Pardubice ( Pardubice ) and at the same time archbishop's visitor and commissioner in Eastern Bohemia. He earned numerous benefices :

  • Propstei in Raudnitz (1631)
  • Dean's office in Pardubice (before 1637)
  • Canon in Olomouc
  • Prague Cathedral : Domicellar (1639), Cathedral Canon (1637), Cathedral Cantor (1638)

Since Maximilian Rudolf von Schleinitz had a thorough knowledge of ecclesiastical administrative practice, the Prague Archbishop Ernst Adalbert von Harrach appointed him his vicar general and official .

Provost in Leitmeritz

Emperor Ferdinand II appointed Schleinitz in 1637 provost of the collegiate chapter St. Stephan in Leitmeritz . Since the provost monastery was neglected as a result of the Reformation and the effects of the Thirty Years' War , Schleinitz fell to numerous restoration and economic tasks, which were also connected with legal disputes. Churches and residential buildings of the provost's office had to be rebuilt, goods, fields and vineyards had to be repurchased and measures taken to manage them, for which he also used private funds.

Since the emperor intended to designate Leitmeritz as the seat of a newly founded diocese, for whose endowment the provost was also to be used, Schleinitz took part in the relevant negotiations between the emperor and the curia and wrote a letter to the emperor and to in 1647 Prague Archbishop Harrach made it clear that he had hopes for the bishopric.

Bishop of Leitmeritz

On the recommendation of Archbishop Harrach, Ferdinand III nominated . Maximilian Rudolf von Schleinitz on December 11, 1647 as the first bishop of the still-to-be-founded diocese of Leitmeritz. The confirmation by Pope Alexander VII took place only after the conclusion of the negotiations on July 2, 1655 when the diocese was founded at the same time. Since Schleinitz was still in Rome for the negotiations, he was ordained episcopal on July 11th in the church Il Gesù by the Prague Archbishop and Cardinal Ernst Adalbert von Harrach . Mitkonsekrator the Bishop of was Viterbo , Cardinal Francesco Maria Brancaccio .

On July 25, 1656 Schleinitz took up his office as bishop in Leitmeritz. In addition to pastoral bishops' duties, he founded sixteen new parishes, initiated the restoration or new construction of numerous parish churches, as well as the introduction of religious instruction and popular missions that were supposed to lead the apostate believers back to Catholicism . He divided the diocese administratively into two vicariates and issued regulations that were valid as diocesan statutes ( Instructio parachialis ) for almost a century. To cover the expenses, he donated a large sum of money to the diocese from his paternal inheritance.

In 1664 the construction of the cathedral began under the direction of the builders Giulio Broggio and Giovanni Domenico Orsi de Orsini . Schleinitz had a castle built on the episcopal rule of Drum and new farm buildings on the property.

Schleinitz, who was also active as a poet and historiographer, had a humanistic education and a promoter of art and science. His hope of being raised to the archbishop's chair in Prague was not fulfilled, as the Viennese court decided in favor of Johann Wilhelm Libštejnský von Kolowrat after the death of Archbishop Harrach .

After his death Schleinitz was buried under the choir of the cathedral of Leitmeritz.

Works

  • Maxm. Rudolf Schleinitz: Memorabilium Romanorum exornatorum poetice, ad ethicum alicubi aut politicum sensum, Centuria una. Ed. posterior, from Authore recognita et ... aucta .. type. Univ., Pragae 1667; 1672

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Procházka novel : Genealogical handbook of extinct Bohemian gentry families , supplementary volume, edited by the board of the Collegium Carolinum (Institute) Research Center for the Bohemian Countries, R. Oldenbourg Verlag Munich 1999, Schleinitz (Ssleynicz) family in Böhmen, pages 122 and 123
  2. ↑ Johann Gottfried Sommer : The Kingdom of Bohemia. Leitmeritzer circle . Prague 1833, p. 3
predecessor Office successor
--- Bishop of Leitmeritz
1655–1675 		Jaroslaw Ignaz von Sternberg
personal data
SURNAME Schleinitz, Maximilian Rudolf von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schleinitz, Maximilian Rudolf Freiherr von; Schleintz, Maxmilián Rudolf (Czech)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Vicar General of Prague, Bishop of Leitmeritz
DATE OF BIRTH 1606
PLACE OF BIRTH Warnsdorf
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 1675
Place of death Leitmeritz