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76 | Christian Wessely www.jrfm.eu 2021, 7/1, 67–93 surname, lives in Haus.”18 The Schlemmer family was obviously not as finan- cially well-off as the Teschler family, and also lacked their social standing. After the end of the legal proceedings in 1643, her trail runs cold. We do not know whether Widman’s second accusation had any consequences for her. We also do not know when or where she died – she does not appear in the record of parish deaths. Albert Widman Widman was parish priest in Haus from 1635 until 1648; he succeeded Johann Riept and was succeeded by Christoph Assinger. We do not yet have details of his origins and career, since his personnel file has not been found. We do know, however, that he had studied law and was appointed as episcopal vis- itor in the parishes of Winklern, Matrei and Heiligenblut. Widman had been accused of repeated physical abuse. The records of the diocese of Graz-Seckau show that he threatened the municipal judge of Haus physically and on an- other occasion used a picket during an argument.19 During the visitation, he was accused of having attacked two priests physically. Widman denied the accusation and pointed out that the priests had committed serious crimes, e. g. peculation, failure to remain chaste and even attempted murder (#17 and #19). His attitude was uncompromising: he insisted on using Latin in ad- dressing the community even though virtually no one was able to understand it, and he did not cease until he received a strict order from the Consistory to desist.20 In spite of these reports, Widman was evidently trusted by his superiors, for in 1647 he was appointed as a visitor for the monastery of Rottenmann (#97, #100). The Authorities Today the Archbishop of Salzburg is still termed primas germaniae, an honor- ary title indicative of Salzburg’s leading role in European church history.21 At the time of these events, Paris Count Lodron (1586–1653) was Archbishop of Salzburg. He was descended from old and influential Italian nobility, highly 18 “Diese waiss weder ihren noch ihres Manns Zunamen nicht, ist wohnhaft zu Haus”. Ibid. 19 Archive of the Diocese of Graz-Seckau, records of the parish priests of Haus im Ennstal. 20 Fürsterzbischöfliches Konsistorium Salzburg 1642, 10 November. 21 See Zaisberger/Rainer 1998.