Urban Sagstetter

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Urban Sagstetter (* around 1529 in Pfaffstätten , Duchy of Austria ; † October 13, 1573 in Gurk , Duchy of Carinthia ) was Catholic Bishop of Gurk and administrator of the Diocese of Vienna .

Life

He was found as a surviving child among the dead in Pfaffstätten in 1532 after an attack by the Turks on Güns fortress . He was named Sachstettner or Sagstetter after his foster parents .

Burial place of Bishop Sagstetter

His foster father sent him to Felizian von Potschach, adviser to King Ferdinand I , so that he could devote himself to studies with his son Felizian in Vienna. Urban Sagstetter became a good expert on the Hebrew language. In 1547 he was employed as a deacon and preacher at the citizen hospital. He was ordained a priest in 1551 , became a cathedral preacher and in 1553, as titular bishop of Symbalon, auxiliary bishop in Passau . He was consecrated as a bishop on June 29, 1553 by the Passau prince-bishop Wolfgang von Salm . In 1556 Ferdinand I appointed him Bishop of Gurk. In February 1563 he was appointed Bishop of Vienna, but did not renounce Gurk, but only administered Vienna as administrator.

As a preacher he was very popular and tried to find a balance with the Protestants . He advocated priestly marriage. With the consent of Pope Pius IV , he donated the lay chalice in Vienna in 1564 . The hoped-for conversions of the evangelical Christians did not materialize. In 1568 he resigned himself to the diocese of Vienna and was only Bishop of Gurk until his untimely death.

He was buried in the parish church of St. Nikolai in Strasbourg .

literature

  • Karl Kranner: Bishop Urban Sagstetter von Gurk and the religious problem in Inner Austria. Innsbruck 1958, (Innsbruck, University, dissertation, 1958).
  • Franz Loidl : History of the Archdiocese of Vienna. Herold, Vienna et al. 1983, ISBN 3-7008-0223-4 .
  • Jakob Obersteiner: The bishops of Gurk. 1072–1822 (= From Research and Art. 5, ISSN  0067-0642 ). Verlag des Geschichtsverein für Kärnten, Klagenfurt 1969, pp. 310–331.
  • Ernst Tomek : Church history of Austria. Volume 2: Humanism, Reformation and Counter-Reformation. Tyrolia, Innsbruck et al. 1949.
  • Josef Vodka: Church in Austria. Guide through their history. Herder, Vienna 1959.

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personal data
SURNAME Sagstetter, Urban
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sachstetter, Urban
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catholic bishop of Gurk and administrator of Vienna
DATE OF BIRTH around 1529
PLACE OF BIRTH Pfaffstätten , Lower Austria
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 1573
Place of death Gurk, Carinthia