Johann von der Leyen

Johann von der Leyen (* 1510 in Saffig, † February 10, 1567 in Koblenz ) was in 1556 when John VI. von der Leyen, Archbishop and Elector of Trier.

Life

Johann came from the noble family von der Leyen. His father was the Electorate of Cologne Chancellor Bartholomew von der Leyen to Saffig where his residence and his place of residence was, therefore, the obvious assumption is that Johann was born there, his mother's name was Catherine of Pallandt. During his studies in Leuven he was Domizellar 1528 and then in 1532 in Trier canon. Since Johann simultaneously also held canonries in Würzburg and Münster, he had enough money to complete his studies in Paris, Freiburg, Orléans and Padua. In 1535 he was chaplain at the Trier Cathedral Chapter and 1548 Archdeacon in Trier Cathedral. After Archbishop Johann V. von Isenburg seriously ill, Johann was appointed by the Chapter coadjutor on 22 October in 1555. After his death he took over the management of the electorate after his election as Archbishop of Trier on 18 February. On April 25, 1556, he was enthroned in the Cathedral of Trier. John VI. received von der Leyen, because he was not a priest, not a bishop. Nevertheless, it was the pastoral care of his charges, to which he always looked after, very important. During his reign, he succeeded in the cast of Trier, which had caused his predecessor's policies, to undo. At the Diet of Augsburg in 1559, he campaigned against the abolition of the spiritual title. An attempt by Caspar Olevian further the reformation in Trier, Johann could prevent von Eltz in the same year with the support of the dean and successor takes office Jacob. Because some counties had joined in the neighborhood Kurtriers the Reformation, he undertook searches and joined in the fight against the new religion and the renewal of the Philosophical and Theological Faculty of the University of Trier since 1560 all reformatory oriented people on doctrinal positions against those of the Jesuit order from. After the failed attempt Reformation Johanns relation to Trier was very excited. 1562 the Jesuit Gymnasium in Trier was founded under his auspices, thus the appropriate University junior was assured. Even with Koblenz it was 1560 in the matter of imperial immediacy in the dispute. In order to secure his power in the city, he built the old castle on.

The Archbishop and Elector of Trier, John VI. von der Leyen, was an honest man of wide, excellent education, a high level of knowledge and exemplary way of life, which he often convinced. Although he had never been so its not ordained a priest or a bishop, he was the shining symbol of a religiously oriented personality who felt responsible for the pastoral care of his subjects. He died at the rank of archdeacon, preparing for the priesthood.

After his death he was buried in the Florin church in Koblenz. After the monastery of St. Florin 1808 profaned by the French occupation and dissolved, his tomb was destroyed, his remains were interred in the family vault " von der Leyen " in St. Kastor.