in 1658 ferdinand charles, archduke of austria awarded him the honour of 'servant of the archduke' until 1662 when the archduke died. in 1669, leopold i, holy roman emperor appointed him 'imperial servant'. the same year he was arrested in innsbruck, having been found in possession of books concerning lutheranism, and had to do an act of repentance; between 1670 and 1679 he continued to receive orders from the church. in 1680, probably due to persecution as a heretic, he fell into a manic-depressive syndrome, dying three years later in absam.