the other more probable account starts in  when schyrleus is born in reutte austria after joining the augustine order in  he is sent to the university at ingolstadt where he probably follows courses in astronomy and learns how to grind lenses following his graduation he does not return to his convent but enters the capuchin order which sends him to linz in  where he is to teach philosophy here he comes in the service of kurfürst philipp christoph von sötern the archbishop of trier and speyer who is held captive by the emperor ferdinand iii the archbishop sends him on a mission to negotiate with pope urban viii the emperor however seeing this diplomatic activity as a form of spying bans schyrleus from his lands in [] from here on both accounts of schyrleus life come together