Militia Sanctae Mariae
Observantia SS. Cordis Iesu et Mariae
Provincia Europa Orientalis
Preceptorium St. Wenceslai
Lev
kardinál Skrbenský, svobodný pán z Hříště (12. června
1863,
Hukovice–24. prosince 1938, Dlouhá Loučka u Uničova) byl český duchovní
a šlechtic, 29. arcibiskup pražský (1899–1916), 9. arcibiskup olomoucký
(1916–1920) a kardinál (od roku 1901).
Studoval gymnázium v Kroměříži, právo v Innsbrucku, v arcibiskupském semináři v Olomouci a posléze církevní práva na Gregoriánské univerzitě v Římě. Dlouhodobě působil jako vojenský kaplan v rakousko-uherské armádě. V arcidiecézi se snažil uvést v platnost závěry prvního vatikánského koncilu a zvýšit malý počet kněží, který mu v tom bránil. Před první světovou válkou byl předsedou biskupské konference rakouské části monarchie. V roce 1916 se stal arcibiskupem olomouckým. V roce 1920 na tento úřad rezignoval. Lev Cardinal Skrbensky (ger. Lev Skrbenský von Hříště, also spelt Skrebensky; born June 12, 1863, Hausdorf, Moravia, Austria-Hungary; died December 24, 1938, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia) was a prominent Cardinal in the Catholic Church during the early twentieth century. Of uncertain but undoubtedly wealthy background Lev Skrbensky z Hriste was educated at the prestigious seminary of Olomouc and during the 1880s worked on a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Gregorian University. After being ordained in 1889, he went into the Austro-Hungarian Army and spent the following decade serving as an army chaplain. He left his military duties in 1899, and Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria selected him as Archbishop of Prague. Two years later he was made a cardinal at the age of thirty-seven. Since then no man has been elevated to the cardinalate at such a young age. He participated in the 1903 and 1914 conclaves, and in 1916 was transferred to the prestigious see of Olomouc, to which he was elected by its cathedral chapter at the request of the Habsburg government. He resigned this see in 1920 because his poor health and did not participate in the 1922 conclave. Although his health remained very poor, Skrbensky z Hriste almost lived long enough to see the 1939 conclave. He was the last living cardinal elevated by Pope Leo XIII, and as with the corresponding cardinal of Pius IX, Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, he managed to outlive his nearest rival for this honour, Vincenzo Vannutelli, by a very long period (over eight years). Pastýřský list z 16. srpna 1906. 7,5M PDF. |