Karl Michael von Attems (Gorizia, 1 July 1711 – Gorizia, 18 February 1774) was an

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and a prince of the

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Biography

Belonging to the noble family of the Counts of Attems, Karl Michael was born in

Gorizia Gorizia (; sl, Gorica , colloquially 'old Gorizia' to distinguish it from Nova Gorica; fur, label= Standard Friulian, Gurize, fur, label= Southeastern Friulian, Guriza; vec, label= Bisiacco, Gorisia; german: Görz ; obsolete English ''Gorit ...

on 1 July 1711. He received an expansive cultural and scholarly education and benefited from the support of

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. He was a canon in the Cathedral of Basilea, an apostolic vicariate for the area of the empire belonging to the Patriarchate of Aquileia. On August 25, 1750, he was nominated Bishop of Pergamo. He was later promoted to "first archbishop" of the new Roman Catholic

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on April 24, 1752. In 1766 he was nominated prince of the Holy Roman Empire. He was tasked by the noble families of the area to reorganized the church of Gorizia after the suppression of the Patriarchate of Aquileia. In 1753, he instituted the Mount of Piety to counter usury, and in 1756 he opened the hospital "di San Raffaele" culminating in 1757 with the foundation of a seminary.

Images

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