Christoph Langenmantel

His parents were mayor Georg Langenmantel vom Sparren (born 1521) and Anna née Ilsung.

[2] Christoph's brother Sigmund (died 1545) was a judge and pfleger in Kelheim, where his epitaph survives in the Pfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt.

[3] Another brother, Ulrich (died 1570) worked on the councils of Bavaria and Baden-Baden as well as hofmeister and one of the Catholic guardians of count Philibert.

[13] He entered the Carmelite order and belonged to the St Anna Abbey in Augsburg as well as later becoming a priest-canon at Freising Cathedral.

[14] On 12–14 October negotiations took place between Luther and Cajetan, but he refused to revoke his theses, putting him in real danger of arrest.

Coat of arms of the Langenmantel vom Sparren
Wilhelm Lindenschmit the Elder's 1835 fresco for Maximilian II Joseph of Bavaria at the Schloss Hohenschwangau - it shows the legend that Christoph not only got Luther out of Augsburg but also led him to Hohenschwangau. This legend has no historical evidence behind it. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ]