Johann IV. Roth

Johann Roth (also: John Roth, * November 30, 1426 in Wemding in Ries, † January 21, 1506 in Neisse ) was as John IV Bishop of Lavant and Prince-Bishop of Breslau.

Life

The son of the shoemaker Seyfried Roth studied in Rome and Padua, where he was rector of the 1459 lawyers and 1460 acquired the academic degree of Dr. decretorum. He then held an office in the papal chancery and then entered successively into the services of King Ladislaus Postumus, Emperor Friedrich III. and from 1479 King Matthias Corvinus. Already in 1464 he was of Friedrich III. knighted in 1468 and was intended to be Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire. In the political turmoil surrounding the vacancy of the Hungarian crown, he spent active.

From his spiritual career is known that he. Priest in 1464 in St. Georgen im Attergau, was dean since 1460 in Passau in 1466 and dean in Wroclaw In the successor of Rudolf of Rüdesheim, who was appointed to the chair in Breslau Bishop, Johann Roth was appointed Bishop of Lavant 1468. Under pressure from King Matthias Corvinus the Breslau cathedral chapter Johann Roth elected Coadjutor Bishop Rudolf of Rüdesheim. After his death in 1482 he was Prince-Bishop of Breslau. Although he was temporarily Oberland captain arose between him and the Silesian princes and the city of Wroclaw to tensions that have been exacerbated by the prevailing anti-clericalism.

Johann Roth, who was said to be a brilliant speaker, was the first humanist to the Wroclaw bishopric and a friend of the arts. He held three diocesan synods and let missal, breviary, ritual and song books to print. Experienced in finance and administration, he was able to redeem pawned several estates and castles again.

After his death he was buried in the Wrocław Cathedral. The by Peter Vischer the Elder. Epitaph created to be the most beautiful monument Bishop Silesia.