Johannes Hinderbach (15 August 1418 – 21 September 1486) was Prince-Bishop of Trent from 12 May 1466 until his death. He was by birth a member of the Austrian nobility. Prior to his appointment as Bishop, he served as an advisor to the court of Fredrick III. He was notable for his involvement in the case of

Simon of Trent Simon of Trent (german: Simon von Trient, also known as Simon Unverdorben (meaning Simon Immaculate in German); it, Simonino di Trento), also known as Simeon (1472–1475), was a boy from the city of Trent (now Trento in northern Italy), in th ...

, a young boy who was found murdered in 1475; Hinderbach blamed the local Jews for his death (see

blood libel Blood libel or ritual murder libel (also blood accusation) is an antisemitic canardTurvey, Brent E. ''Criminal Profiling: An Introduction to Behavioral Evidence Analysis'', Academic Press, 2008, p. 3. "Blood libel: An accusation of ritual mur ...

), executed several of them, and promoted Simon's canonisation as a saint. The only remnant of Hinderbach's

tomb A tomb ( grc-gre, τύμβος ''tumbos'') is a repository for the remains of the dead. It is generally any structurally enclosed interment space or burial chamber, of varying sizes. Placing a corpse into a tomb can be called ''immureme ...

is a still existing memorial slab, exhibited at the Museo Diocesano Tridentino.

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1418 births 1486 deaths Prince-Bishops of Trent 15th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops {{15C-Italy-RC-bishop-stub