Vienna Concordat

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The Vienna Concordat was a treaty between the Empire and the Holy See , signed by Friedrich III in March 1448 . and Pope Nicholas V was signed in Aschaffenburg . The Concordat was published on March 19, 1448 as a papal privilege and put the appointment of church offices and church organization in the empire on a solid foundation.

This agreement was preceded in 1447 by the Princely Congress of Aschaffenburg, which had decided in favor of the Pope and against the Council of Basel . Enea Silvio de Piccolomini, who was in royal service as secretary and diplomat and later elected Pope as Pius II , played a notable role in the reconciliation of interests. In September of the same year negotiations between Cardinal Juan Carvajal for the papal side and Frederick III followed in Vienna . name of the empire.

As a result, the Concordat strengthened the papal sphere of influence. The election of the bishops by the cathedral chapter was approved by mutual agreement. The Holy See received a right of objection to bishopric elections and taxes from the church in the empire. The Pope was allowed to exercise the right to appoint benefices in the odd months of the year. The Vienna Concordat was sealed by the King on February 17, 1448. A year earlier, on the other hand, Pope Nicholas V had brought about various concordats for princes , so that church sovereignty over the territories was effectively entrusted to the imperial princes and less to the emperor. The effects of the Vienna Concordat were therefore limited. Nevertheless, it was the basis for relations with the Curia until the end of the Reich in 1806 .

In Austria , the agreement enabled the church to reorganize. So on September 6th, 1462 Pope Pius II accepted the previous year by Emperor Friedrich III. created diocese of Laibach . During a visit to Rome, the emperor also managed to create a diocese for Vienna . Until then, its area was looked after by the Diocese of Passau . A papal bull of January 18, 1469 created facts against the resistance of the Passau bishop.

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