Virgilius Augustin Maria von Firmian
Vigilius Augustin Maria Graf von Firmian , also Virgil Maria Graf Firmian , (born February 16, 1714 in Trient , † August 4, 1788 in Passau ) was Imperial Count and from 1744 to 1753 Bishop of Lavant .
Life
Vigilius Augustin Maria Graf von Firmian came from the Tyrolean noble family of Firmian with their seat in Formigar, today's Sigmundskron . He received in 1739 in the Archdiocese of Salzburg , the ordination . He was provost in Salzburg and canon in Passau.
Pope Benedict XIV appointed him Bishop of Lavant in 1744. He was ordained bishop on September 3, 1744 by Leopold Anton Eleutherius, Imperial Baron of Firmian , Archbishop of Salzburg. In 1753, Benedict XIV granted his resignation.
In 1742 he took over the “Zellhof” near Mattsee in Flachgau near Salzburg from the Ljubljana Bishop Sigismund Felix Graf von Schrattenbach . After his death, the property fell to the Archbishop of Salzburg, Hieronymus von Colloredo .
Individual evidence
- ^ August Leidl : Firmian, Leopold Ernst von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-428-00195-8 , p. 293 f. ( Digitized version ).
- ↑ Entry about Zellhof on Burgen-Austria , accessed on May 11, 2006
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| SURNAME | Firmian, Virgilius Augustin Maria von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Firmian, Virgilius Augustin Maria Graf von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian bishop and imperial count |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1714 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Trent |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th August 1788 |
| Place of death | Passau |