Werner August von Elverfeldt

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Werner August von Elverfeldt (born September 16, 1740 ; † February 3, 1814 ) was a Roman Catholic clergyman, privy councilor and canon in Münster , Paderborn and Hildesheim .

Life

Werner August von Elverfeldt came from the Rhenish - Westphalian noble family von Elverfeldt . He was the son of Friedrich Christian von Elverfeldt and his wife Maria Victoria von Wolff-Metternich . His brother Clemens August (1732–1783) was a chamberlain from the Electorate of Cologne . Werner August completed a biennium (prerequisite for a clerical profession) in Reims and received a cathedral preacher in Münster through his brother Clemens August's resignation . With regard to the election of the prince-bishop in 1762, he renounced in favor of the canon Karl Arnold von Hompesch . In return, he received a prebend in Paderborn , which August Wilhelm von Wolff-Metternich had waived. He came into the possession of a Hildesheim prebende in 1768. He was archdeacon in Alfeld and in 1802 dean of the collegiate monastery St. Andreas in Hildesheim. In Paderborn he was President of the Chamber and from 1792 to 1800 cathedral waiter. From 1801 he was subdeacon and provost of the Busdorf Collegiate Foundation .

Awards

Secret advice

swell

  • The diocese of Münster 4.2. ( Germania Sacra NF 17.2), Das Domstift St. Paulus zu Münster, edited by Wilhelm Kohl, published by the Max Planck Institute for History, Göttingen, Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin / New York, ISBN 978 -3-11-008508-2 , Germania Sacra NF 17.2 Biographies of the Canons , page 19ff. Digitized.
  • Friedrich Keinemann: The cathedral chapter of Münster in the 18th century (= historical work on Westphalian research, volume 11), Aschendorffsche Verlagbuchhandlung, Münster 1967.

Web links
personal data
SURNAME Elverfeldt, Werner August von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canon in Münster and Hildesheim
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1740
DATE OF DEATH February 3, 1814