About Sigismund Ernst Hohenwart
Lived 1745 – 1825 (aged 79). Sigismund Ernst Hohenwart was an Austrian catholic priest, mountaineer, catholic deacon, catholic bishop and botanist.
Sigismund Ernst Hohenwart (1745–1825) was the third bishop of Linz from 1809 to 1825.
He had been a cathedral canon of Gurk and Vicar-General of Klagenfurt. He was appointed by the emperor on 10 January 1809, but the appointment did not receive papal approbation until December, 1814, on account of the imprisonment of the pope.
Hohenwart took energetic measures against the visionary followers of Thomas Pöschl and Martin Boos, who were then numerous in Upper Austria.
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Who was Sigismund Ernst Hohenwart?
Austrian bishop (1745-1825)
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Sigismund Ernst Hohenwart was born on 7 June 1745 in Celje.
When did Sigismund Ernst Hohenwart die?
Sigismund Ernst Hohenwart died on 22 April 1825 in Linz.
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Sigismund Ernst Hohenwart was a catholic priest, mountaineer, catholic deacon, catholic bishop and botanist.
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Sigismund Ernst Hohenwart was Austrian.
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