Pierre Spitznagel,

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Biography

Pierre Spitznagel was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1411 and ordained a priest in the

Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel The Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel ( la, Ordo Fratrum Beatissimæ Virginis Mariæ de Monte Carmelo; abbreviated OCarm), known as the Carmelites or sometimes by synecdoche known simply as Carmel, is a Roman Catho ...

. In 1444, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Eugene IV as Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer and Titular Bishop of ''Myra''. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer until his death in 1465. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Siegfried von Venningen,

Bishop of Speyer The Bishop of Speyer is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Speyer, which is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Bamberg.15th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Bavaria Bishops appointed by Pope Eugene IV 1411 births 1465 deaths Clergy from Frankfurt Carmelite bishops {{Germany-RC-bishop-stub