Willem van Enkenworth ( , - , ) - Dutch cardinal, bishop of Tortosa in 1523— 1534 and the Bishop of Utrecht in 1529-1534. The only cardinal erected by Pope Adrian VI .
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Predecessor | Adrian Florencezone Buyens | ||||||
Successor | Antonio Kalken | ||||||
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Predecessor | Heinrich the Palatinate | ||||||
Successor | Georg van Egmond | ||||||
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Biography
Enkenworth was the son of a farmer, Willem van Enkenworth Sr., and sought to pursue a church career. He studied in Leuven , where he was probably a pupil of Adrian Florenzo Zoon Buyens, later Pope Adrian VI . In 1489 he was sent to Rome , where he continued his studies at the University of Sapienza , where he received a license in 1505 [2] .
In 1495, Willem joined the retinue of the pope, where he collected prebends - income from the parishes, without actually visiting these parishes, which was accepted at that time. He represented the parishes in Rome. He also managed to get high posts in Rome for several members of his family [3] .
Thanks to the election of Pope Adrian VI in 1522, his influence grew even more; Together with Theodoric Hesius, he became the personal confidant of the pope. Before his death, Pope Adrian made Willem a cardinal. Some cardinals opposed this, but Adrian insisted on his own, and Willem was elevated to the cardinals on September 10, 1523 [4] . He was the second cardinal from the Netherlands, and the only cardinal erected during the brief papacy of Hadrian [3] .
After the death of Adrian in 1523, Willem van Enkenworth remained in high office and continued to participate in politics - he participated in the transfer of all the lands of the bishopric of Utrecht to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and his coronation as emperor in 1530. During the sack of Rome by imperial troops in 1527, he paid 40 thousand scantily to Captain Odon in order to preserve his home and property [3] . In 1529, he was appointed Bishop of Utrecht by Pope Clement VII , but almost never attended the bishopric; the last time he was in the Netherlands in 1532.
Willem, who was the executor of the will of Hadrian VI, took the initiative to erect a monument to him in Santa Maria del Anima [5] . The monument was designed by Baldassare Peruzzi and included the name and coat of arms of Willem. He also funded the decoration of Barbara's chapel in this church by artist Mihile Koksi .
Willem van Enkenworth died in 1534. His monument, created by Giovanni Mangone, was originally located opposite the grave of Adrian VI, but was moved in 1575. It is still located next to the main entrance to the church [3] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Willem van Enckevoirt - 2009.
- ↑ NNBW, part 2, p. 436
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Salvador Miranda. (1) 1. ENCKENVOIRT, Willem van (1464-1534) . Florida International University (2009). Date of appeal September 25, 2009.
- ↑ NNBW, part 2, p. 437
- ↑ John Paul Adams SEDE VACANTE 1523 . California State University, Northridge (August 11, 2009). Date of appeal September 25, 2009.
Literature
- PJ Block and PC Molhuysen, Nieuw Nederlandsch biographisch woordenboek (NNBW), deel 2 , 1912, Free digitalised version (dutch)