Philipp Valentin Voit from Rieneck

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Philipp Valentin Voit von Rieneck, copper engraving by Johann Salver
The Prince-Bishop on his deathbed, 1672
Coat of arms of the Voit von Rieneck family . As bishop, Philipp Valentin Voit von Rieneck continued it as an element in a multiple coat of arms.

Philipp Valentin Voit von Rieneck (born January 7, 1612 in Rienecker Schlösschen , Rodenbach near Lohr am Main ; † February 3, 1672 in Bamberg ) was Prince-Bishop of the Bamberg Monastery from 1653 until his death .

Life

origin

Philipp Valentin Voit von Rieneck came from the Franconian noble family of Voit von Rieneck (see also list of Franconian knight families ). The eponymous place Rieneck is today a town in the Lower Franconian district of Main-Spessart . The members of the Voit von Rieneck family originally served the Counts of Rieneck as ministerials . The two families are different despite the similarity of the name.

Career

Voit von Rieneck was the son of Protestant parents, but converted to the Catholic faith at a young age. Around 1625 he became a canon in Würzburg and in 1635 in Bamberg. From 1642 to 1651 he was the Bamberg Vice Cathedral in Carinthia . At the same time he made a career in Bamberg and became curator, cantor, dean (1649) and provost (1651). In 1653 the chapter elected him bishop, but the Pope initially refused to give his consent due to his Protestant parents and confirmed the election in 1658.

At the time of the appointment of Philipp Valentin Voit von Rieneck as Prince-Bishop, Innocent X was Pope and Ferdinand III. Emperor. He stood for a consolidation course of the diocese, including the containment of the negative consequences of the Thirty Years War z. B. the shortage of priests. In 1672 he considerably expanded the orphanage on Kaulberg in Bamberg.

The funeral sermon, which was published in print, was given by the Jesuit Philipp Kisel (1609–1681).

coat of arms

Guard house of the bastion of Forchheim Fortress with the coat of arms of the Prince-Bishop

The coat of arms of Philipp Valentin Voit von Rieneck as Prince Bishop is quartered. The original family coat of arms is used in fields two and three. It shows a silver ram on a red background. Fields one and four contain the symbols of sovereignty of the Bamberg diocese. A black lion is shown, covered with a right diagonal line on a gold background.

The coat of arms of the Prince-Bishop is on the Forchheim Fortress below one of the guard houses at the corners of the bastion wall.

Funerary monument

He was buried in Bamberg. His tomb shows him with his insignia .

literature

Web links

Commons : Philipp Valentin Voit von Rieneck  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner Loibl: The father of the prince-bishop Erthals - Philipp Christoph von und zu Erthal (1689-1748). Publications of the history and art association Aschaffenburg eV edited by Heinrich Fußbahn. Volume 64. Aschaffenburg 2016. ISBN 978-3-87965-126-9 , pp. 178-194
  2. ↑ Claus Fackler: Stiftsadel and Geistliche Territorien 1670-1803, 2006, ISBN 978-3-8306-7268-5 , p. 177.
  3. ↑ Orphanage of St. Magdalena , accessed on May 27, 2019
predecessor Office successor
Melchior Otto Voit from Salzburg Prince-Bishop of Bamberg
1653–1672 		Peter Philipp von Dernbach
personal data
SURNAME Voit von Rieneck, Philipp Valentin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Bamberg
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1612
PLACE OF BIRTH Rodenbach am Main near Lohr am Main
DATE OF DEATH February 3, 1672
Place of death Bamberg