Franz Ferdinand von Rummel (28 October 1644,
Weiden in der Oberpfalz
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, – 15 March 1716,
Vienna) was educator and religious tutor of
Emperor Joseph I,
Bishop of Tinin
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, Provost of
Ardagger and
Wroclaw, and was from 1706 to 1716 the
Prince-Bishop of Vienna.
Biography
Ferdinand studied law, philosophy and theology in
Ingolstadt and wanted to enter the
Capuchin Order.
Marco d'Aviano prophesied his success as a priest and recommended him, after Rummel's ordination in
Regensburg
Regensburg or is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers. It is capital of the Upper Palatinate subregion of the state in the south of Germany. With more than 150,000 inhabitants, Regensburg is the f ...
, 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 Wroclaw.
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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when in 1708 Austrian troops occupied territories of the
Papal States 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 in 1716 and was buried in the episcopal tomb of
St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna.
Bibliography
* Ernst Tomek: ''Kirchengeschichte Österreichs''. Tyrolia, Innsbruck – Wien – München 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, München 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,'' S. 13–15.
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1644 births
1716 deaths
Bishops of Vienna
Clergy from Bavaria