Sebastian von Pötting

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Prince-Bishop Sebastian von Pötting (portrait on his grave monument in Passau Cathedral )

Sebastian Johann Graf von Pötting and Persing, Lord of Aholming (* 1628 in Raipoltenbach near Neulengbach , † March 16, 1689 in Mariahilf Monastery in Passau ) was Prince-Bishop of Passau .

Grave of Prince-Bishop Pötting in Passau

Sebastian von Pötting was born in 1628 as the son of Ortlieb von Pötting. He was first provost of the cathedral in Passau before he was ordained Bishop of Lavant in April 1665 . On March 11, 1673, on the recommendation of Emperor Leopold I, he was elected Prince-Bishop of Passau. In 1676 the prince-bishop married the emperor with the Bavarian princess Eleanor of the Palatinate in the newly built cathedral in Passau . In 1683 he accepted the emperor, who had fled from the Turks with his court, in Passau and was finally appointed by the emperor as the emperor's ambassador to the Reichstag in Regensburg in the same year . He held this office for four years.

Sebastian von Pötting reformed pastoral care in the Diocese of Passau and was a supporter of the Jesuits, which he made possible the completion of the St. Michaelis Church (1677). Most of the design of the baroque cathedral also fell during his term of office.

He died on March 19, 1689 in Mariahilf monastery and was buried in the bishop's crypt in St. Stephen's Cathedral. His monument is to the right of the high altar.

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SURNAME Sebastian von Pötting
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Count of Pötting and Persing, Lord of Aholming, Sebastian Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prince-Bishop of Passau
DATE OF BIRTH 1628
PLACE OF BIRTH Raipoltenbach near Neulengbach
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 1689
Place of death Mariahilf Monastery in Passau