Philipp Damian von Hoensbroech

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Bishop Philipp Damian von Hoensbroech

Philipp Damian Graf von Hoensbroech also Hoensbroek (born February 24, 1724 in Roermond ; † April 17, 1793 ibid) was canon in the Principality of Speyer and Bishop of Roermond , at that time part of the Austrian Netherlands .

Origin and family

He came from the old Limburg noble family von Hoensbroech and was born the son of Franz Arnold Adrian von Hoensbroech (1696–1759) and his wife Marie Sophie von Schönborn (1702–1760) from Mainz . She was the daughter of the Kurmainzer Oberhofmarschall and diplomat Rudolf Franz Erwein von Schönborn (1677-1754) and the niece of the Prince-Bishops Johann Philipp Franz von Schönborn (Würzburg), Friedrich Karl von Schönborn (Würzburg or Bamberg), Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn ( Speyer) and Franz Georg von Schönborn (Trier). Johann Philipp Franz and Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn acted as godparents for the child.

Live and act

Philipp Damian von Hoensbroech with cello
Philipp Damian von Hoensbroech

Philipp Damian von Hoensbroech entered the clergy. On November 6, 1730 he received the tonsure and studied 1734-1740 philosophy at the Jesuit College Aschaffenburg . In 1735 he became canon of the Würzburg Cathedral Monastery , and on June 23, 1736, Canon in the Prince Diocese of Speyer. On the recommendation of his great uncle, the Speyer bishop Damian Hugo Philipp Cardinal von Schönborn, Hoensbroech attended the Collegium Germanicum in Rome from 1740–42 . Later he was promoted to cathedral capitular and custodian in Speyer, and in 1771 he was ordained a priest.

At the request of Empress Maria Theresa , he was appointed Bishop of Roermond on May 29, 1775. He received the consecration on July 2, 1775, in the Speyer Cathedral , by Prince-Bishop August von Limburg-Stirum , his auxiliary bishop Andreas Seelmann and the abbot of Kaisheim Monastery , Cölestin II. Angelsbrugger. The Palatinate Elector Karl Theodor was also present .

Philipp Damian von Hoensbroech resided as bishop at Hillenraad Castle in Swalmen and is described as quite overweight, but full of compassion for those in need. He was a peaceful, zealous, and conscientious Shepherd who was venerated by the diocesans. He also loved music and played several instruments himself. In 1784 he consecrated his cousin Caesar Constantin Franz von Hoensbroech , the new bishop of Liège . Philipp Damian von Hoensbroech was also provost of St. Martin's monastery in Emmerich and archdeacon in Utrecht .

During the First Coalition War , French revolutionary troops conquered Roermond in December 1792. Hoensbroech had to flee. First he stayed in Venlo , where he was sick in the rectory on November 30th of that year; His presence there on December 6th is documented. On February 4, 1793 he was a guest in the Zand monastery near Straelen . After the Battle of Aldenhoven (March 1, 1793), the French were driven out of the area and Bishop Hoensbroech returned to Roermond in mid-March, sick. He died there on April 17, 1793 and was buried in the parish church of St. Martin zu Venlo .

There is a popular story in Holland about the prelate, which tells that he hid in a secret room while on the run at the family seat of Hoensbroek Castle . When the French couldn't find him in the spacious building, they had candles placed in all the castle windows to locate the secret room. The bishop had been informed of this and he too put a candle in the window of his hidden room so that the room could not be seen from the outside. The narrative is relegated to legend today as there is no evidence that Hoensbroech actually fled there.

Philipp Damian von Hoensbroech was an admirer of the Madonna von Kevelaer . A street in Roermond was named after him.

literature

  • History of the entire Austrian secular and monastic clergy , Vienna, 1780, 1st part, 2nd volume, p. 506 (digital scan)

Web links

Commons : Philipp Damiaan von Hoensbroech  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Genealogical website about the mother
  2. ^ History magazine Het Land van Herle , year 1968, Dutch PDF document, p. 142
  3. ^ Andreas Steinhuber: History of the Collegium Germanicum Hungaricum in Rome , Volume 1, p. 241, Herder Verlag, Freiburg, 1895; (Cutout scan 1) , (Cutout scan 2)
  4. ↑ Franz Karl Wissgrill, Karl von Odelga: Schauplatz des Landlichen Nieder -Oesterreichischen Nobility , Volume 4, 1800, p. 351; (Digital scan)
  5. ↑ Norbert Jung: The Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer Andreas Seelmann (1732–1789) , p. 128 u. 129, Mainz 2002, self-published by the Society for Middle Rhine Church History
  6. ^ Christian David Ade: Life and government history of the now gloriously ruling Pope Pius VI. , Part 4, Cesena, 1787, p. 324; (Digital scan)
  7. ↑ History magazine Het Land van Herle , year 1968, Dutch PDF document, p. 147
  8. ^ Heinz Finger, Reimund Haas, Hermann-Josef Scheidgen: Local Church and Universal Church in History: Cologne Church History between the Middle Ages and the Second Vatican Council; Festgabe for Norbert Trippen on the occasion of his 75th birthday , Volume 28 of: Bonn contributions to church history , Böhlau Verlag, Cologne, 2011, ISBN 3412208019 , p. 474, footnote 35; (Digital scan)
  9. ↑ History magazine Het Land van Herle , year 1968, Dutch PDF document, p. 147
personal data
SURNAME Hoensbroech, Philipp Damian von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hoensbroek, Philipp Damian von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catholic Bishop of Roermond, Canon in Speyer
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1724
PLACE OF BIRTH Roermond , Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH April 17, 1793
Place of death Roermond