Sigismund von Lamberg

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Sigismund von Lamberg († June 8, 1488 in Laibach ) was the first bishop of Laibach ( Ljubljana ), appointed in 1461, confirmed in 1463; the diocese of Ljubljana was also founded in 1461. He came from the Lamberg line on Stain and Gutenberg in Oberkrain , which was extinguished in the male line , as the sixth of eight children of Georg von Lamberg, the owner of the Gutenberg estate near Tržič (Neumarktl).

coat of arms

Fourth shield, 1 and 4 split by silver and red , two blue bars in front , 2 and 3 in a golden field a jumping black hound . Two crowned spade helmets on the shield ; Helmet covers : red-silver and black-gold. Helmet jewel : right crown made of two growing buffalo horns , decorated with blue leaves, front like field 1, rear red. On the left crown a silver-blue striped diagonally left, with golden tassels provided cushions to sit the Bracke.

Vita

Pastor

In 1444 Sigismund von Lamberg was pastor in St. Martin (Šmartin) near Krainburg (Kranj) in Upper Carniola . He received two beneficiaries for his parish : The parish of St. Michael near Bleiburg (Pliberk) and the canonical in Freising . In the years 1446–1449, he probably devoted himself to further theological studies in Italy.

At the court in Vienna

He seemed to have had good relations with the imperial family, because in 1449 he was sent to the court in Vienna as court chaplain and confessor of Emperor Friedrich III. (IV.), Where he was also given the office of almsman . There he made closer acquaintance with Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini, who later became Pope Pius II.

Bishop of Laibach

Emperor Friedrich III. (IV.) Founded the Diocese of Laibach in agreement with the Pope in 1461 and appointed Sigismund von Lamberg as bishop. The Benedictine monastery Oberburg (Gornji Grad) in Lower Styria should also be incorporated into the new diocese .

Due to the vehement resistance of the local monks, who resisted the subordination of their monastery to the Diocese of Ljubljana, because this would also give the Bishop of Ljubljana the right to appoint and remove the prior, the papal confirmation of Sigismund as bishop was delayed until in the spring of 1463. Only after 120 ducats had been paid to the monastery as compensation for the handing over of the documents and for the assignment of rights and privileges was the dispute settled.

Because of the moral and moral decline in the monastery and also because of the emigration of the population in view of the Turkish threat, the monastery was abandoned by Pope Sixtus IV in 1473 on the initiative of Bishop Lamberg . The bishop was instructed to establish a college for secular priests there.

Sigismund succeeded, albeit not without difficulties, in regulating the legal situation between his diocese and the Patriarch of Aquileia, who did not agree to the exemption of the diocese from his area of ​​responsibility.

The Turks, who set fire to the Ljubljana Cathedral in 1469 and devastated Oberburg in 1471, made the greatest effort in Lamberg. As early as 1464 he was appointed commissioner of the crusade army against the Turks by the papal commissioner, the bishop of Lavant Rudolf von Rüdesheim , an effort which, however, was not supported by the representatives of secular power. In the expansion and renovation of the destroyed Ljubljana churches (St. Nikolaikirche, and the cathedral) he was supported by the Pope but also by the Emperor and Empress to the best of his ability.

Appreciation

Lamberg's spiritual orientation was humanistic . He was also enthusiastic about the reform of the church, which is why he was also a supporter of the decisions of the Council of Basel . He died on June 8, 1488; He was buried in the Ljubljana Cathedral. From there, his remains were transferred to the family crypt at Stain Castle near Vigaun (Kamen pri Begunjah) in 1678. Bishop Chrön (Hren) put a memorial plaque for him in the presbytery of the cathedral in Oberburg and had a statue of him put up there. In Ljubljana he is still remembered today by a full-size statue outside on the north side of the local cathedral.

genealogy

Direct line:

  • Wolrat III. Lamberger, † 1246
  • Berengar Lamberger, † after 1322
  • Wilhelm I. Lamberger, † 1336/56; oo Jutta N
  • Wilhelm II von Lamberg, 1397–1414; oo Diemuth from Pöttwein (Podwein)
  • Georg I, the elder, Herr zu Savenstein, bought the Gutenberg estate around 1396; In 1438 he was the 22nd governor in Carniola ; oo Katharina (Sybilla) von Dietrichstein .
Children (of George I):
  1. Amalaidis, oo Heinrich von Helfenberg ,
  2. Margaretha (Barbara), oo Georg von Scheyer ,
  3. Heinrich,
  4. Johann I.
  5. Caspar I, († 1509), chief field captain under Duke Ernst of Braunschweig ; 1487 in imperial service against King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary; around 1490 he discovered the mercury deposits in Idrija ( Inner Carniola );
  6. Sigismund, first bishop of Ljubljana
  7. Friedrich, oo Elisabeth von Fladnitz , Td Friedrich von F. and the Kunigunda Cossa ,
  8. George II

annotation

Krainer Inkolat and elevation of status of those from Lamberg :

See also

literature

predecessor Office successor
- Bishop of Laibach
1463 - 1488 		Christophorus Rauber
personal data
SURNAME Lamberg, Sigismund von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Laibach (Ljubljana)
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH June 8, 1488
Place of death Laibach ( Ljubljana )