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Firmian, Leopold Ernst

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Also known as: German: Leopold Ernst Graf von Firmian, Leopold Ernst von Firmian; Italian: Leopoldo Ernesto Firmian

FIRMIAN, LEOPOLD ERNST. - Cardinal, b. in Trento on 22 Sept. 1708, d. in Passau on 13 March 1783. Appointed bishop of Seckau, he was transferred to Passau by Clement XIII on 26 Sept. 1763. Clement XIV created him cardinal on 14 Dec. 1772. In 1776 he stood alongside Card. Migazzi, archbishop of Vienna, in the struggle against the plan of ecclesiastical studies prepared by Rautenstrauch according to the principles of jurisdictionalism. During his stay in Vienna, Pius VI, at the request of Joseph II, personally imposed the red hat on F. and on Batthiany on 19 Apr. 1782 in the knights' hall of the imperial Hofburg.

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BIBL.: Pastor, XVI, see index; F. Martin, s. v. in LThK, IV, coll. 13-14; G. Soranzo, Perserinus apostolicus, Lo spirito pubblico e il viaggio di Pio VI a Vienna, Milan 1937, pp. 117 ff. 346 ff. Fausto Fossi

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By Fausto Fonzi

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), col. 1424.

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Fonzi, Fausto. “Firmian, leopold ernst.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 1424. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/firmian-leopold-ernst.

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Fonzi, Fausto. “Firmian, leopold ernst.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1424. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/firmian-leopold-ernst.

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  author    = {Fonzi, Fausto},
  title     = {Firmian, leopold ernst},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {V},
  pages     = {1424},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/firmian-leopold-ernst}
}

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