John III of the Palatinate
Johann von der Pfalz ( born May 7, 1488 Heidelberg, † February 3, 1538 ) was as Johann III. the 48th Lord Bishop of Prince-Bishopric of Regensburg from 1507 to 1538.
Origin
Johann III. of the Palatinate came from the house of Wittelsbach. His father was Philip, Elector Palatine and his mother, Margaret of Bavaria -Landshut, daughter of Louis IX. of Bavaria- Landshut. His brothers include the Speyer bishop George and the Bishop Henry.
Bishop of Regensburg
A spiritual life was for Johann III. provided since the early years. Nevertheless, he was educated in religious matters little, but showed skills as a secular administrator. He was administrator of the diocese, as he wanted to receive higher orders.
He brokered unrest in Regensburg in the period 1511-1513. Occasion of the riots in Regensburg's citizenship was after the death of Sigmund Rohrbach of the renewal of the Office of the Reich main man. In an economically depressed Regensburg this office appeared increasingly as a supply station imperial minions connected to a carry-over of decisions by frequent absence of the relevant official. Emperor Maximilian I gave Ritter Thomas Fuchs of snow mountain with this office. The uproar in the city led to the formation of a Council from the ranks of the middle class, who announced investigations, in fact tried to take revenge on the emperor standing office people. The revolutionary trains came by a conservative transformation of the City Council, to a standstill and an Imperial Commission finally punished from the leaders of the unrest.
Johann III. however, favored the agitation against the Regensburg Jews who enjoyed popularity in the middle. There were anti-Jewish sermons and the Bishop moved litigation at his court who were lending money through a financial nature, but have been interpreted as a religious conflict between Jews and Christians. Could Emperor Maximilian I rebuke the bishop in letters of complaint and limit hostilities, followed by his death in 1519 dramatic events. The synagogue was demolished and the Jews asked to leave the city. On the place of the demolished synagogue soon did the pilgrimage to the beautiful Maria, who showed some fanatical traits. The bishop took over the administration of considerable revenue to the pilgrimage.
Goods to have been unanimous in their persecution of the Jews and city clergy, were quickly old opposites days. Point of contention were tax levies of the clergy, the bishop challenged the predominantly laid claim and against the city or the country princes within the diocese. Signs of the Reformation appeared in many individual events of great importance is the movement of the " re " - Baptist was linked to the fate of Balthazar Hubmaier, which was last tortured and burned for his beliefs in Vienna. The Dean's Office Wunsiedel lost the diocese. The local ruler Margrave George the Pious allowed in the context of a church visitation the summons of the clergy of his domain, and judged them according to the loyalty towards him and their attitude towards the new faith, whose early advocate he was. Unwanted clergy he had imprisoned or he deprived them of their income. The canon of Melchior Sparneck provides another example of the Umwerfungen this time.
Three years before his death negotiated the bishop with his brothers Louis V. and Frederick II, then with the cathedral chapter to a premature successor, a still immature Palatine. However, the cathedral chapter refused him his resignation and his pension claims, because they were afraid the gentlemen who John III. to generate its upkeep demanded, permanently lose the Bishopric of the Palatinate. At the end of his time as an administrator he left a debt burden of 30,000 guilders.