Pope Eugene IV
Financial matters, particularly encouraging Pope Eugene IV to condemn the simony in Basel. This was used by the Chapter and after knew that Konrad IV collected huge sums of money from the Western and Orthodox churches in the Diocese, they decided on 1 August 1444 the formal deposition of the Duke-Bishop. The official reason was the enormous personal debts and a lack of funds for maintenance of his court. However, Pope Eugene IV refused to approve this decision and by the Bull of 21 July 1445 ordered his reposition as Bishop.