Deaths on September 18

Melchior Klesl

Died on September 18, 1630

Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal (b. 1552)

Melchior Klesl (sometimes Khlesl, rarely Cleselius) (19 February 1552 – 18 September 1630) was an Austrian statesman and cardinal of the Roman Catholic church during the time of the Counter-Reformation. Klesl was appointed Bishop of Vienna in 1598 and elevated to cardinal in 1616.

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