Also known as:
German: Michael Friedrich von Althan
ALTHAN, MICHAEL FREDERICK D'. - Cardinal, viceroy of Naples, b. at Glatz (Silesia) in 1682, d. at Vácz
(Hungary) in 1734. Canon of Olomouc and of Wrocław, auditor of the Rota for Austria in Rome (1714-18), bishop of Vácz and councillor of state of Hungary in 1718. Clement XI created him cardinal in 1719. Having become a member of the imperial council, he was charged with representing the Empire at the Holy See. At the conclave of Innocent XIII he exercised the alleged right of veto with regard to Card. Paolucci. In a letter to Card. de Bissy, which was published, he protested vigorously against the rumors, put about by the Jansenists, that the emperor had rejected the bull Unigenitus (1722). His action contributed largely to the reconciliation of the imperial authority with that of the pontiff, after the War of the Spanish Succession. In 1722 he became viceroy of Naples and held the office for six years. In 1729 he returned to his Hungarian diocese, to which he devoted himself until the day of his death.
Bibliography2 worksM. Guarnacci, Vitae et res gestae Pontificum rom. et Cardinalium, II, Roma 1751; P. Richard, s. v. in DHG, II, coll. 809-10.
BIBL.: M. Guarnacci, Vitae et res gestae Pontificum rom. et Cardinalium, II, Roma 1751; P. Richard, s. v. in DHG, II, coll. 809-10.
“Althan, michele federico d'.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 932. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/althan-michele-federico-d.
MLA
“Althan, michele federico d'.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 932. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/althan-michele-federico-d.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec1_althan_michele_federico_d,
author = {Redazione},
title = {Althan, michele federico d'},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {I},
pages = {932},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1948},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/althan-michele-federico-d}
}
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