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Sigismund von Kollonitsch | |
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Cardinal, Prince-Archbishop of Vienna | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Vienna |
See | St. Stephen's Cathedral |
Installed | 1 July 1716 |
Term ended | 12 April 1751 |
Predecessor | Franz Ferdinand von Rummel |
Successor | Johann Joseph von Trautson |
Other post(s) | Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro (1730-40)
Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono (1740-51) Bishop of Waitzen (1709-16) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 22 October 1699 |
Consecration | 7 December 1709 |
Created cardinal | 26 November 1727 by Benedict XIII |
Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | 12 April 1751 Vienna, Austria, Holy Roman Empire | (aged 73)
Buried | St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna |
Nationality | Austrian |
Education | German College of Apollinaris, Rome |
Sigismund von Kollonitsch; Kollonitz, Kollonic, Kollonics, Collonicz (30 May 1677, in Vienna – 12 April 1751) was titular Bishop of Scutari, Bishop of Waitzen, and was from 1716 to 1722 Prince-Bishop of Vienna, then from 1722 to 1751 the first Prince-Archbishop of Vienna. He was raised in 1727 to the cardinalate by Pope Benedict XIII.