Alexius Vincenz Parizek

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Alexius Vincenz Parizek.

Alexius Vincenz Parizek , also Alexander Parizek , Czech Aleš Vincenc Pařízek , (born November 10, 1748 in Prague ; † April 15, 1822 ibid) was a Czech Catholic clergyman and Dominican , educator , writer , musician and draftsman .

Life

Parizek, the son of simple parents, attended a Prague grammar school and Jesuit schools . In 1765, at the age of 17, he entered the Dominican order, studied theology in Prague and Brno and philosophy in Znojmo and was ordained a priest in 1771 . He then worked in Prague as a preacher, confessor and monastery librarian.

When a new secondary school was opened in Prague , Parizek turned to pedagogy. He studied Socrates ' teaching method , attended lectures on pedagogy and catechetics and became a catechist at the parish school of St. Aegidius. He then became a teacher of calligraphy , natural history and history at the normal school . After two years he switched to the subjects of religion , catechetics and education . Health problems are given as the reason.

In 1783 Parizek was appointed rector of the newly built secondary school in Klattau . When the Klattau Dominican Convent was abolished in 1786, he worked as a diocesan priest . He also became an episcopal notary in Budweis . In 1790 he was appointed honorary canon in Leitmeritz and inspector of the Leitmeritz diocesans who studied theology in Prague. He also became a member of the Upper Lusatian Society of Sciences . On the recommendation of Bishop Ferdinand Kindermann von Schulstein , he became director of the model school in Prague in 1791. He held this office for three decades.

In 1798 Parizek traveled to Vienna to submit a draft to improve the school system to the Imperial and Royal Minister of State von Rotterhan. This draft was approved. He was honored for his services; so he received an honorary theological doctorate in 1802 and also became director of an orphanage near St. Johann in Prague. At the University of Prague he served as dean of the faculty of theology from 1811 and as prelate from 1816 .

Parizek died in Prague at the age of 73.

Act

Parizek was a respected scholar in theology, art, and music. He wrote ascetic , pedagogical and edifying works in German and Czech. His most successful work was a prayer book for Catholic Christians published in 1792 , which had five editions by 1820. He also wrote a comparable prayer book for women.

As a visual artist Parizek drew views of the castles of Bohemia. The vignettes in his books were made by himself. He also painted oil paintings, some of which were copied by engravers . Shortly before his death, he bequeathed his collection of coins and medals, which consisted of plaster casts, to a museum in Bohemia.

As a musician, Parizek improved the organ in a monastery in 1775. He later took composition lessons. During his time as a catechist and director of Klattau, he tried to bring music closer to the youth. In 1806 two masses composed by him appeared in Prague . He also created two smaller masses, an orchestral work, four offertories , two O Salutaris , a Salve Regina , two litanies , three cantatas , a symphony , a notturno , other hymns and other things.

Works

  • Attempt at a history of Bohemia for the citizen, with an attached historical description of the earth, for the use of the youth (Prague 1781)
  • Religion of minors, for the public benefit of Catholic parents and teachers (Prague 1781, second edition Prague 1786)
  • Attempt at a Brief World History for Children (Prague 1782)
  • Speech at the ceremonial opening and inauguration of the secondary school in the Imperial KK Klattau (1783)
  • Brief natural history of Bohemia, for the use of the youth (Prague 1784)
  • Explanation of the Sunday Gospels, for school teachers in German (three volumes, Prague 1785–1788, fifth edition Prague 1808)
  • Explanation of the Festival Gospels in Schools, on the Use of Catechists (Prague 1787)
  • Prayers for children; Bohemian (Prague 1789)
  • Villeaume's practical handbook for school teachers, translated into Bohemian (Prague 1790)
  • Sketch of a righteous schoolboy, for prospective rural school teachers (Prague 1791, second edition Prague 1808)
  • Catholic prayer and edification book for women, furnished according to the circumstances of their sex (Prague / Leipzig 1791, second edition Augsburg 1802, third edition Leipzig 1818)
  • Catholic prayer book for Catholic Christians (Prague 1792, second edition Bamberg 1810, third edition Regensburg 1817, fourth edition Regensburg 1819, fifth edition Augsburg 1820)
  • On civil liberty and equality in relation to the French Revolution; Bohemian (Prague 1793)
  • About teaching methods in elementary schools, for preparers, catechists and teachers; together with an appendix on preparation lessons for music teachers (Prague 1797, second edition Prague 1801, third edition Prague 1810)
  • Detailed description of the jubilee ceremony of the KK normal school in Prague on November 15th; along with a brief 25-year history of this school (Prague 1801)
  • Christian Thoughts on Moral Truths for the Female Gender, for Every Day of the Month (Augsburg 1802)
  • Hoarding for children on all Sundays and holidays, as well as special school celebrations throughout the year, for worship in schools; also usable for adult youths etc. (three volumes, Prague 1803)
  • Hoarding for young people, for special church times and for church ceremonies, also useful for the adult population; as an appendix to the hoarding of children (Prague 1804)
  • Explanation of the Sunday epistles in schools, on the use of catechists (two volumes, Prague 1806–1807)
  • Livre de prière à lúsage des Chatoliques chrétiens (Augsburg 1808)
  • Prayers for blessings for the KK armies in 1809 (Prague 1809)
  • Legend of philanthropy, or examples of Christian charity towards fellow human beings; drawn from the biographies of the saints (Prague 1810)
  • Christian virtue school for children, or guidance on how young people should strive to become virtuous from their first age. A new exam gift for eager and well-deserved students (Prague 1811)
  • Core of Christian devotion, for daily use by Catholic Christians (Prague 1812, second edition Prague 1814, third edition Prague 1817)
  • Rules of Bohemian Orthography for Children in Bohemian Schools (Prague 1812)
  • War Prayers for the Divine Blessing for the United Armies (Prague 1813)
  • About self-love and selfishness, a word in good time; first to the more mature youth, then to every adult Christian (Prague 1816)
  • Guide to lectures on catechetics, linked to pedagogy and methodology. Along with an index of the most useful catechetical and educational books; on the profession of theologians educating themselves for the office of catechists in German schools (Prague 1816)
  • Short stories for city schools (Prague 1816)
  • Biblical presentation of current events, along with moral thoughts about them (Prague 1816)
  • The Christian who keeps praying to God through frequent exaltation of the heart (Prague 1817)

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SURNAME Parizek, Alexius Vincenz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Parizek, Alexander Vincenz; Parizek, Alexius Vinzenz; Pařízek, Aleš Vincenc
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech Catholic clergyman and Dominican, educator, writer, musician and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1748
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH April 15, 1822
Place of death Prague