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Biography

Sigismund Pirchan von Rosenberg was born in 1389 and ordained a priest in the

Cistercian Order The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint B ...

. In 1441, he was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Eugene IV Pope Eugene IV ( la, Eugenius IV; it, Eugenio IV; 1383 – 23 February 1447), born Gabriele Condulmer, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 3 March 1431 to his death in February 1447. Condulmer was a Venetian, and ...

as Auxiliary Bishop of Passau and Titular Bishop of Salona. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of Passau until his death on 15 June 1472.

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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) 15th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Bavaria Bishops appointed by Pope Eugene IV 1389 births 1472 deaths Cistercian bishops People from Český Krumlov District {{RC-bishop-stub