부산대학교 도서관

(b Hohenems, June 24, 1574; d Salzburg, Oct 9, 1619). Austrian churchman and patron. He prepared for a career in the Church by studying in Milan and Rome, where he enjoyed the special support of his uncle, Cardinal Marcus Sitticus Altemps family. In 1598 he was appointed canon in Salzburg, through the endeavours of his cousin Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau, Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg, whom he succeeded as Prince-Archbishop in 1612. His continuation of the neutral political stance adopted by his predecessors saved the city from devastation in the Thirty Years War (1618–48). From his foundation of a Benedictine school in 1617, Salzburg University emerged a decade later. Despite his comparatively short reign, Marcus Sitticus von Hohenems made a decisive impact on the appearance of Salzburg (see Salzburg, §1, (ii)). This was due largely to his introduction of such Italian artists as Donato Arsenio Mascagni (1579–1636) and Solari, Santino. His portrait (1618; Salzburg, Schloss Hellbrunn) by Mascagni depicts him showing his two most important projects: the building of Salzburg Cathedral (...