Pirker, Johann Ladislaus

Janos Laszlo Pirker came from an old Hungarian noble family of Felsøeri ( Oberwart ). His father was one of the 18 hussars who distinguished themselves in the Battle of Kunesdorf . Educated in Szekesfehervar and Pec. In 1792 he became a novice in the Lilienfeld monastery of the Cistercian order. On December 3, 1796, Janos Laszlo Pirker was ordained deacon and the next day, December 4, he was ordained a priest. Quickly made a church career. He was successively a prior, abbot, rector in a parish in Türnice .

On August 7, 1818, the Austro-Hungarian authorities appointed Janos Laszlo Pirker as Bishop of Spis. On December 21, 1818 , Pope Pius VII approved his appointment. On April 18, 1819, Janos László Pirker was ordained bishop by the Archbishop of Vienna, Sigismund Anton von Hohenwart, accompanied by the titular Bishop of Etchmiadzin Adeodat Pipikyan and the titular Bishop of Antheopolis Mathias Paulus Shnd.

On May 23, 1820, Pope Pius VII appointed Janos Laszlo Pirker the patriarch of Venice . He held this position until April 9, 1827, when Pope Leo XII appointed him Archbishop of Eger . In this post, he became the main initiator of the construction of the Eger basilica .

He died on December 2, 1847 in Vienna.

Janos Lajos Pirker founded a sanatorium for sick soldiers in Karlovy Vary , a school for rural teachers in Eger, donated about 100 thousand florins to decorate the cathedral. His collection of paintings became the basis of the Hungarian National Museum . For his charitable and philanthropic activities, Janos Lajos Pirker was knighted by the Austrian emperor with the title “von Oberwart”.

Janos Lajos Pirker wrote short stories, dramatic and poetic works. His first work was the drama Historische Schauspiele, which he published in 1810. In 1820, he released an epic work of 12 songs, Tunisias, in which he glorified the campaign in Tunisia of Emperor Charles V. Another epic essay, Rudolphias, which extolled King Rudolph I of Germany, was published in Vienna in 1924.

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• Magyar életrajzi lexikon IV , 1978-1991 (AZ). Főszerk. Kenyeres Ágnes. Budapest: Akadémiai. 1994. ISBN 963-05-6422-X

• Pirker von Felshaw-Ehor, Johann-Vladislav // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
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• Biography (German)
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