Franz Ferdinand von Rummel (28 October 1644 – 15 March 1716) was educator and religious tutor of
Emperor Joseph I,
Bishop of Tinin, Provost of
Ardagger and
Wrocław
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, and was from 1706 to 1716 the
Prince-Bishop of Vienna.
Biography
Franz Ferdinand von Rummel was born on 28 October 1644 in
Weiden in der Oberpfalz. He studied law, philosophy and theology in
Ingolstadt
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and wanted to enter the
Capuchin Order
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.
Marco d'Aviano prophesied his success as a priest and recommended him, after Rummel's ordination in
Regensburg
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, to be an educator and religious tutor to the future
Emperor Joseph I. In addition, the wife of
Emperor Leopold I,
Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg, favored him because his grandfather, Johann Rummel, had already served the
Palatinate as a chamber councilor. From 1684 he carried out this activity, but was soon hostile and slandered. Through the mediation of Emperor Leopold he became Bishop of Tinin and Provost of Ardagger and Wrocław.
On 11 July 1706, he was appointed
Prince-Bishop of Vienna by Joseph I, the Papal confirmation taking place on 4 October.
He was concerned with pastoral care and was able to increase priesthood. In 1708 there were 111 priestly ordinations in the small Viennese diocese. He introduced the celebration of the Rosary and in 1711 had the
Pummerin Bell poured from cannonballs captured during the
Second Turkish Siege. He also mediated between the Emperor and
Pope Clement XI
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Clement XI was a patron of the arts an ...
when in 1708 Austrian troops occupied territories of the
Papal States
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during the
War of Spanish Succession.
Towards the end of his life he was seriously ill and could only sleep while seated in a chair. At seventy-two years old he died on 15 March 1716 in
Vienna
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and was buried in the episcopal tomb of
St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna.
References
Bibliography
* Ernst Tomek: ''Kirchengeschichte Österreichs''. Tyrolia, Innsbruck – Vienna – Munich 1935–59.
* Friedrich von Rummel: Franz Ferdinand von Rummel: Lehrer Kaiser Josephs I. und Fürstbischof von Wien (1644–1716). Schriftenreihe des Instituts für Österreichkunde. Oldenbourg, Munich 1980, .
* Franz Loidl: ''Geschichte des Erzbistums Wien''. Herold, Wien 1983, .
* Johann Ascherl (2005): Aus der Jungen Pfalz an den Kaiserhof. Die Karriere des Außenseiters Franz Ferdinand Freiherr von Rummel. In Heimatkundlicher Arbeitskreis Vohenstrauß, ''Streifzüge, 20. Jahrgang, Heft 27,'' pp. 13–15.
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1644 births
1716 deaths
People from Weiden in der Oberpfalz
Bishops of Vienna
Clergy from Bavaria