Antonín Brus z Mohelnice

Anton Brus of Müglitz (Czech: Antonín Brus z Mohelnice, born February 13, 1518 Müglitz; † August 28, 1580 in Prague) was Bishop of Vienna and Archbishop of Prague.

Career

Brus studied in Prague and Krakow, then joined the Order of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star and was ordained a priest in 1541. The young clergyman volunteered to fight against the Turks in Hungary and was 1542-1545 chaplain with the troops of the Moravian generals Jindrich Meziříčský z Lomnice. After the armistice Brus worked in Bohemian religious parishes as pastors. 1552, he was elected Grand Master of the Knights of the Cross. From Emperor Ferdinand I, he was, as the Turkish war broke out again, was appointed supreme chaplain and vicar general of the imperial forces.

Bishop of Vienna

1558 Brus was appointed Bishop of Vienna and simultaneously served as a spiritual and church policy advisor in the imperial court.

Archbishop of Prague

Because of his abilities, but also because he could live off the income of the Knights of the Cross Order, Ferdinand I. in 1561, Anton Brus decided by Müglitz Archbishop of Prague to raise. After more than 140 years since the vacancy Hussitenstürmen Brus was the first Archbishop of the Bohemian metropolis. His task was to renew the diocese administration and to give the Catholic faith in the majority Utraquist and Protestant Bohemia again reputation. The archbishop saw his main area of ​​influence in the reform of morals in the clergy and people. Coercion and persecution as a means of conversion of heretics he refused.

The Emperor also questioned the Utraquists and her consistory of archiepiscopal jurisdiction, whereupon they received initially because Brus for certain concessions them started over. The Utraquists left their priests consecrate the Archbishop, but refused to be assessed on their clergy of the diocesan authorities to the Catholic doctrine and commit to.

Since 1562 he took as imperial legate and Orator part in the Council of Trent, where he also pushed for a settlement with the ( Alt) Utraquists and 1564 at least was able to pass through the approval of the chalice for them, which was later banned by the Holy See again. Below was the archbishop of Prague not prevent the final turn of most Utraquists to Protestantism. From 1573 he took no ordinations of priests Hussite more.

Anton Brus of Müglitz was in contact with various Catholic reformers, such as his compatriot Moravian Johann Leisentrit, who worked in Bautzen. The archbishop died in Prague, and was buried in St. Vitus Cathedral.

Coat of arms as archbishop of Prague