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[…] Walter Zumbrunnen, Johannes Zumbrunnen (I), Johannes Zumbrunnen (II), Mansuetus Zumbrunnen, Johann Zumbrunnen (III) and Johann Heinrich […]

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[…] Johannes Zumbrunnen III (1579-1581) […]

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[…] JOHANN, son of No. 8, chief clerk of Lugano in 1550, secretary in 1558, bailiff in Thurgau from 1564-1566. Became a Knight of the Order of St. Michael in 1567. Steward in 1570, and chief magistrate from 1579-1581, representative to the Swiss diet from 1558-1587, envoy to King Henry III of France in 1582, and to the Religious Council of Milan with King Phillip II in 1588. During the Council of Trent, from May 1562 to June 1563, he represented seven Catholic bishoprics in Rome with Pope Pius IV. He was probably the noblest and most distinguished man of the time in Uri, an intimate friend of Charles Borromeo, and with the Knight Melchior Lussi a chief promoter of the Catholic interests in central Switzerland. Disgusted by the duplicity of politics, he withdrew from public life and devoted his activity to the church. In 1580 he donated 2,000 florins (nearly $300,000 in modern terms) and his Family Crest to the Einsiedeln monastery. With his brother Josue, he was the donor of a bell for the St. Martin Church in Altdorf. Died in 1588. […]

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