About Francis Conrad of Rodt
Lived 1706 – 1775 (aged 69). Francis Conrad of Rodt was a German catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Franz Konrad Casimir Ignaz von Rodt, (Meersburg, Lake Constance, 10 March 1706 - Meersburg, 16 October 1775) was an 18th-century German Cardinal.
Biography His father was General and Breisach fortress commander Franz Christoph von Rodt (1671–1743). Von Rodt was elected Bishop of Constance in 1750, succeeding his maternal uncle, Kasimir Anton von Sickingen. One of his successors was his brother Maximilian Christof von Rodt.
Pope Benedict XIV created him a cardinal in the consistory of 5 April 1756. On 2 August 1758, he became Cardinal Priest of the Titular Church of Santa Maria del Popolo.
Von Rodt participated in the conclave of 1758, in which Clement XIII was elected, but he did not participate in the conclaves of 1769 (election of Clement XIV) and 1774-1775 (election of Pius VI).
Franz Konrad von Rodt died in 1775 of a stroke in his Bishop's residence, the Neues Schloss in Meersburg and was buried in the choir of its Catholic parish church.
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Who was Francis Conrad of Rodt?
German priest (1706-1775)
When was Francis Conrad of Rodt born?
Francis Conrad of Rodt was born on 10 March 1706 in Meersburg.
When did Francis Conrad of Rodt die?
Francis Conrad of Rodt died on 17 October 1775 in Meersburg.
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Francis Conrad of Rodt was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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Francis Conrad of Rodt was German.
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