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Harrach, Ernst Adalbert

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Also known as: German: Ernst Adalbert Cardinal von Harrach, Ernst Adalbert von Harrach

HARRACH, ERNST ADALBERT. - Count, cardinal, b. 4 Nov. 1598 in Vienna, d. there 25 Oct. 1667. After studying at the Jesuit College of Neuhaus near Krumau (Krumlov) and at the German College in Rome, he was consecrated archbishop of Prague in 1624 and created cardinal two years later.

For more than forty years he directed the Catholic restoration in Bohemia. He founded new seminaries, consecrated churches and established the two bishoprics of Leitmeritz and Königgrätz. In the accomplishment of his work he was greatly aided by Franciscan and Dominican preachers, as well as by the Jesuits.

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BIBL.: F. Krásl, Arnolt hrabě H., Kardinal, Prague 1886; Pastor, XIII-XIV, passim, see index; B. Jenšovský, H., in Enc. Ital., XVIII, p. 379 with bibl.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), col. 1366.

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Furlani, Silvio. “Harrach, ernst adalbert.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 1366. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/harrach-ernst-adalbert.

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Furlani, Silvio. “Harrach, ernst adalbert.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1366. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/harrach-ernst-adalbert.

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  author    = {Furlani, Silvio},
  title     = {Harrach, ernst adalbert},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VI},
  pages     = {1366},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/harrach-ernst-adalbert}
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