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Melchior Zobel von Giebelstadt (1502–1558) was the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg from 1544 to 1558.Melchior Zobel von Giebelstadt was born in 1502 the son of Georg Zobel and his wife Dorothea Rüdt von Callenberg. As a younger son he was groomed for a career in the church from an early age. He became a canon (Domizellar) of Würzburg Cathedral on January 27 1521. He studied at the University of Wittenberg in summer semester 1521.
