Alois Buchner

Alois Buchner , also Aloys Buchner OSB (born March 23, 1783 in Murnau am Staffelsee , † August 29, 1869 in Passau ) was a German Roman Catholic theologian .

Life

Buchner, a son of Joseph Buchner and Maria geb. Bessenbacher, received his education at the monastery school of the Beuerberg monastery and at the high school of the Benediktbeuern monastery . In 1799 he entered the Benedictine order . After the novitiate year in Rott am Inn monastery , he studied philosophy in Benediktbeuern and Munich from 1800 and then theology in Landshut from 1803 , where Johann Michael Sailer and Patritius Benedikt Zimmer in particular had a great influence on him. After the ordination on June 23, 1806 in Augsburg and the doctorate to Dr. theol. on September 13, 1806 he became a chaplain in Krumbach . In 1816 he became pastor and school inspector in Rieden am Forggensee . In 1818 he became a lecturer in dogmatics at the Royal Lyceum Dillingen . In 1824 he became a full professor for dogmatics and encyclopedia of theological sciences at the University of Würzburg . In 1827 he became a full professor for dogmatics at the LMU Munich . In 1838 he became cathedral capitular in Passau. From 1840 to 1857 he was rector of the Lyceum in Passau . In 1850 King Maximilian II Joseph awarded him the Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Order of Merit of St. Michael .

In his textbooks on dogmatics, Buchner followed Zimmer without imitating his philosophical speculation .

personal data
SURNAME	Buchner, Alois
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Buchner, Aloys
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Roman Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH	March 23, 1783
PLACE OF BIRTH	Murnau am Staffelsee
DATE OF DEATH	August 29, 1869
Place of death	Passau