!!!Migazzi, Christoph Anton Graf

b. Innsbruck (Tyrol), Oct. 14, 1714, 
d. Vienna, April 14, 1803, Archbishop of Vienna (1757) and 
cardinal (1761). 1752 envoy to Spain, 1760 president of the "academic 
court commission" established by Maria Theresia for the purpose of 
school reform. Fought against  Josephinism, and its idea of a state 
church, which he opposed by incessantly defending the position of the 
Church; founded the Vienna Priest Seminary. During his office the 
archbishopric of Vienna grew to its present size.

!Literature
M. Krexner, Wiens Bischoefe und Erzbischoefe, 1983; G. 
Anzenberger, Die Rolle C. Gf. M. (Erzbischof von Wien 1757-1803) zur 
Zeit Maria Theresias, master´s thesis, Vienna 1994; NDB.



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