Franz Ferdinand von Rummel (28 October 1644 – 15 March 1716) was educator and religious tutor of

Emperor Joseph I Joseph I (Joseph Jacob Ignaz Johann Anton Eustachius; 26 July 1678 – 17 April 1711) was Holy Roman Emperor and ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 1705 until his death in 1711. He was the eldest son of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor from his thi ...

, Bishop of Tinin, Provost of

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and

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, and was from 1706 to 1716 the

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Biography

Franz Ferdinand von Rummel was born on 28 October 1644 in

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. He studied law, philosophy and theology in

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and wanted to enter the

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prophesied his success as a priest and recommended him, after Rummel's ordination in

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, to be an educator and religious tutor to the future

. In addition, the wife of

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, 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

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

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. He also mediated between the Emperor and

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when in 1708 Austrian troops occupied territories of the

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during the

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. 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

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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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