Everything about Karl Von Miltitz totally explained
Karl von Miltitz (c.
1490 –
November 20,
1529) was a
papal nuncio and a
Mainz Cathedral canon.
Biography
He was born in
Rabenau near
Meißen and
Dresden, his family stemming from the lesser
Saxon nobility. He studied at
Mainz,
Trier,
Cologne (1508-1510), and
Bologna (1510-?), but his deficient
Latin reveals that he wasn't especially learned. He went to the
roman curia in 1513 or 1514. In his career at the papal court he was unable to rise further than
papal chamberlain and secretary. His Saxon heritage, however, made him a natural liaison between the papal court and
Elector Frederick the Wise. On
September 3,
1518 Pope Leo X decided to bestow on Frederick the papal
Golden Rose of Virtue—an award with attendant religious privileges to deserving princes, with the aim of securing the support of Frederick the Wise in suppressing the attacks of
Martin Luther on
indulgences in the Church.
Nuncio to Luther
On
October 15,
1518, Miltitz was appointed
nuncio to deliver it to the elector. He met with Luther in
Altenburg on
January 5-
6,
1519, and negotiated a tentative settlement to the controversy: Luther would remain silent on the
indulgence issue, write a conciliatory letter to the
pope, and write and publish a tract supporting papal authority. Luther's silence was contingent on the silence of his opponents;
Johann Tetzel and
Albert of Mainz would be disciplined, and Luther was allowed by Miltitz to make it plain that he wouldn't recant his position. Miltitz's later meetings with Luther in
Liebenwerda (October 1519) and in Lichtenburg]], near
Wittenberg (October 1520) were fruitless; however, Luther did publish a letter to
Pope Leo X along with his tract, dedicated to the pope:
On the Freedom of a Christian (1520).
Further life
From 1523 until his death in 1529 Miltitz lived in
Mainz and
Meißen as a canon of the Mainz Cathedral. He accidentally drowned in the
Main River near Groß-Steinheim on
November 20,
1529, and was buried in
Mainz Cathedral.
Biography
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