Career

In 1444 Philipp initiated a major renovation of the collegiate church of Sankt Goar. In 1449 he bought off the rights on Saint Goar held by abbot Johann of the Abbey at Prüm. Philipp"s sons Eberhard and Philipp the younger died before his death, so when Philpp died in 1479, the Katzenelnbogen died out in the male line.