Adam Patachich

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Bishop Adam Patachich, contemporary engraving

Baron Adam Patachich de Zajezda (Croatian: Patačić , Hungarian also: Patacsics ) (born February 18, 1717 at Zajezda Castle ; † July 19, 1784 in Kalocsa ) was a noble Croatian Roman Catholic bishop of Oradea and then Archbishop of Kalocsa.

Education (until 1739)

Baron Patachich was born on February 18, 1717 in the Zajezda family castle in Zagorje, Croatia. After studying at the universities in Agram and Graz, he began his ecclesiastical career with a visit to the Collegium Croaticum in Vienna (where he dedicated a work to the emperor) and in 1735 as Dr. phil. received his doctorate.

From November 1735 he studied in Rome at the Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum . Adam Patachich spent fruitful years studying in Rome. Under the name Syrasius Acrotophoricus he was a member of the Accademia dell'Arcadia . He wrote poetry in Latin throughout his life. Immediately after completing his studies at the Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum with a theological doctorate, he returned home in 1739.

Early activity (1740–1759)

In 1740 he became abbot of Abrány , 1741 canon at the Cathedral of St. Stephen in Agram (until 1759), in 1751 royal Hungarian titular bishop of Novi (electus episcopus Noviensis) and councilor at the Hungarian court chancellery.

Bishop of Oradea (1759–1776)

On August 29, 1759, he received the appointment as bishop of Oradea and Erbobergespan (Ispán) of the county Bihar .

Patachich found a really nice church in Oradea. The work on the buildings of the Curia, the Episcopal Palace and the canons of the cathedral were designed by the Italian Giambattista Ricca and initiated by his predecessor, Bishop Pál Forgách .

Bishop Patachich transformed his residence in Oradea into a small Hungarian Arcadia, to which poets, musicians and theater artists from all over the empire flocked. He founded a real theater that performed numerous operas under the direction of such famous Kapellmeister as (1760–1762) Michael Haydn and (1765–1769) Karl Ditters . In 1769 the orchestra and theater had to be closed due to an order from the Hungarian Queen Maria Theresa .

During his years in Oradea, Patachich stayed in contact with Rome, so he regularly sent Tokaj wine to Cardinal Albani .

Statue of Archbishop Adam Patachich (1717–1784) in front of the library he founded (by Vince Bocskai, 2000)

Archbishop of Kalocsa (1776–1784)

After his time in Großwardein, Adam Patachich was appointed Archbishop of Kalocsa on September 16, 1776 (like his uncle Gabriel already 1733–1745 ) .

In Kalocsa he had the central building and the east wing of the Episcopal Palace completed and surrounded the entire building complex with gardens. Patachich wanted to create a real “Arcadia” from his residence.

In 1784 Patachich founded the episcopal library from the monastery’s medieval book holdings and his private collection of over 17,000 volumes, which, further expanded by his successors, now comprises over 140,000 volumes, including priceless codices.

Works

  • Adam Patachich: Dictionarium latino — illyricum et germanicum (manuscript, 1772–1779. 1146 manuscript pages (mostly Kajkavian ))

See also

literature

  • Constantin von Wurzbach : Patachich von Zajezda, Adam Freiherr . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 21st part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1870, pp. 341–344 ( digitized version ).
  • Barkóczy Sándor József: Oratio ... occasione ... introductionis ... Adami e liberis baronibus Patachich de Zajezda Colocensis et Bacsiensis eccl. archiepiscopi ... in metropolitana ecclesia the 17th nov. 1776. Colocae.
  • P. Winkler: A Kalocsai és Bácsi Érsekség történeti összefoglalás. [Historical Compendium of the Diocese of Kalocsa-Bács], Kalocsa 1926.
  • Maurizio Tani: La rinascita culturale del '700 ungherese. Le arti figurative nella grande committenza ecclesiastica. [The rebirth of Hungarian culture in the 18th century], Roma 2005.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Edward Stankiewicz: Grammars and Dictionaries of the Slavic Languages ​​from the Middle Ages up to 1850 - An Annotated Bibliography. Mouton, Berlin a. a. 1984, ISBN 3-11-009778-8 , p. 87. (limited preview)
personal data
SURNAME Patachich, Adam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zajezda, Adam Patachich de; Patačić, Adam; Patacsics, Adam; Syrasius acrotophoricus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION noble Croatian Roman Catholic bishop and archbishop
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1717
PLACE OF BIRTH Zajezda
DATE OF DEATH July 19, 1784
Place of death Kalocsa