 He was an ardent humanist, was president of the "Sodalitas Celtica" founded by the poet Konrad Celtes, and corresponded with many of the leading scholars of his day, to whom he showed himself a veritable Maecenas.He was employed also on various diplomatic missions by the emperor and the elector.He became Prince-Bishop of Worms in 1482 and died on 28 July 1503.