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Marco d´Aviano eigentlich Carlo Domenico Cristofori
© Copyright Marco d'Aviano. Engraving by Larmessin, 1681. Marco d'Aviano (real name: Carlo Domenico Cristofori), b. Aviano (Italy), Nov. 17, 1631, d. Vienna, Aug. 13, 1699, Venetian Capuchin friar, penitential preacher, missionary, diplomat. 1683 Papal legate to the relieving army during the second siege of Vienna by the Turks (see: Turkish Sieges of Vienna). Advocated open combat and unified the hesitant leaders through his fiery preaching (battle September 12, 1683). In his function as Emperor Leopold I's counsellor had great influence on Austrian politics. Since 1912, beatification process. Monument (1935) at the Kapuzinerkirche church, Vienna. Literature: M. Heyret, Pater M. von A., 1931; J. Pisa et al., M. d'A., exhibition catalogue, Wr. Stadt- u. Landesbibl., Vienna 2000; NDB.
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