About Heinrich Groß von Trockau
Lived 1451 – 1501 (aged 49–50). Heinrich Groß von Trockau was a German catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Stained glass window in St. Sebaldus Church, Nuremberg depicting Heinrich Groß von Trockau.
Heinrich Groß von Trockau (died 1501) was the Prince-Bishop of Bamberg from 1487 to 1501.
The date of Heinrich Groß von Trockau's birth is unknown, but he was already a prebendary of Augsburg Cathedral in 1451. On 14 March 1452 he became a canon of Bamberg Cathedral. He graduated from Heidelberg University in 1452. He was made a deacon on 20 April 1454.
On 1 February 1487 the cathedral chapter of Bamberg Cathedral elected Groß von Trockau to be Prince-Bishop of Bamberg and Pope Innocent VIII confirmed his appointment on 28 March 1487. He was consecrated as a bishop by Friedrich von Hohenzollern, Prince-Bishop of Augsburg, in Nuremberg on 15 July 1487.
He died in Bamberg on 30 March 1501.
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Prince-bishop of Bamberg
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Heinrich Groß von Trockau was born in 1451.
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