Also known as:
German: Karl Kajetan von Gaysruck;
Italian: Karl Gaetano Gaysruck
GAYSRUCK, KARL GAETAN. - Cardinal, b. 7 Aug. 1769 at Klagenfurt, in Carinthia, d. 19 Nov. 1846 at Milan. Son of Giovanni Giacomo G. and of the baroness Antonia dei Valvassori, the young G. studied at the Theresian Academy in Buda and at Salzburg, entered the ecclesiastical career and was ordainedpriest in 1797.
Bishop of Derbe and coadjutor of the bishop of Passau, after the secularization of this bishopric he held its pastoral government from Kalham, in the diocese of Linz, a charge conferred on him by the emperor Francis I, eager to keep G. in the Habsburg states after the annexation of Passau to Bavaria. In 1816 G. was chosen by the sovereign as archbishop of Milan, vacant since 1810, but the canonical preconization came only on 16 March 1818. In the Consistory of 27 Sept. 1824 Leo XII created G. cardinal of the title of St. Mark. He took part in the Conclaves from which Pius VIII and Gregory XVI emerged elected, but did not arrive in time for that of June-July 1846. The assertion is inaccurate that G. at that Conclave carried Austria's veto against the election of Card. Mastai Ferretti, because Metternich intended to exclude from the tiara only Bernetti. As archbishop of Milan he governed the vast diocese with ability, having particularly at heart the education of the young clergy.
BibliographyC. Castiglioni, G. e Romilli arcivescovi di Milano, Milan 1938. On the supposed veto for the Conclave of 1846, cf. A. Eisler, Das Veto der k
BIBL.: C. Castiglioni, G. e Romilli arcivescovi di Milano, Milan 1938. On the supposed veto for the Conclave of 1846, cf. A. Eisler, Das Veto der katholischen Staaten bei der Papstwahl seit dem Ende des 16. Jahrhunderts, Vienna 1907, p. 244.
Furlani, Silvio. “Gaysruck, karl gaetan.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 1970. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/gaysruck-karl-gaetan.
MLA
Furlani, Silvio. “Gaysruck, karl gaetan.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1970. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/gaysruck-karl-gaetan.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec5_gaysruck_karl_gaetan,
author = {Furlani, Silvio},
title = {Gaysruck, karl gaetan},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {V},
pages = {1970},
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/gaysruck-karl-gaetan}
}
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