Cassian Primisser
Cassian Primisser (also Cassian Karl Primisser or Kassian Primisser ; born April 14, 1735 in Agums near Prad am Stilfserjoch as Karl Primisser ; † December 19, 1771 in the Cistercian Abbey of Stams ) was a Cistercian priest , archivist , librarian , theologian and historian from Tyrol .
Life
Primisser was the son of a farmer and came from the Primisser family in South Tyrol . He attracted attention early on because of his talent and was therefore allowed to attend the Merano grammar school after the village school in Prad . He then came to the University of Innsbruck , where he studied in particular at the Philosophical Faculty, where his preferences lay in history and geography . His education was mainly financed through scholarships. In the end, he is said to have taught at the Innsbruck University for a short time.
On the intercession of the influential Tyrolean nobleman Ignaz Kassian Bonaventura von Enzenberg, Primisser was able to join the Cistercian Abbey of Stams on September 21, 1755 . There he received the religious name Cassian, made his profession on September 21, 1756 and was ordained a priest on September 22, 1759 . In 1762 he was given the task of writing a chronicle of the monastery from Abbot Rogerius Sailer , whose secretary he was temporarily, and in 1763 to organize the monastery archives; he had already organized and cataloged the library beforehand. He was in charge of the archive and the office.
Primisser died of a breast ailment. His brother was the museum specialist Johann Baptist Primisser , Alois Primisser was his nephew, as was the theologian Kaspar Unterkircher . The poet Johann Friedrich Primisser was his cousin.
Works (selection)
- Systema theologiae , 1754/1755.
- Rhythm In Laudem Ven. Patris Joannis Campidonensis Sacerdotis Et Monachi Ordinis Cisterciensis Et Monasterii Stamsensis, Adversionibus Historicis Explicatus , Wagner, Innsbruck 1766.
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Annales Stamsenses , 6 volumes and 9 volumes of supplements, 1766–1771.
- P. Kasimir Schnitzer: The Annals of Mais, taken from the annals of Stams by P. Kassian Primisser and supplemented by notes from diaries, records and letters from abbots and confreres . Mai 1808. Rewritten and translated by Raimund Senoner. Published by the Untermais Heimatpflegeverein and the Priory of the Cistercians of Stams. Meran 2003.
- Family tree of the Cistercian monasteries, Princely burial place in Stams .
- The noble families that appear in the Stams documents .
literature
- Primisser, Cassian . In: Oesterreichische National-Encyklopaedie , Volume 4, Beck, Vienna 1836, p. 293.
- Joseph Bergmann : The five learned Primissers , Pichler, Vienna 1861, pp. 4–26 ( digitized version ).
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Primisser, Cassian . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 23rd part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1872, pp. 302–304 ( digitized version ).
- Stefan Tilg : Primisser, Cassian. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 22, Bautz, Nordhausen 2003, ISBN 3-88309-133-2 , Sp. 1118-1122.
- Michael Anderl : The commercium litterarium of P. Kassian Primisser (1735–1771) from the Cistercian Abbey of Stams . Innsbruck 2018.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Primisser, Cassian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Primisser, Karl (maiden name); Primisser, Cassian Karl; Primisser, Kassian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Cistercian priest, archivist, librarian and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1735 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Agums near Prad am Stilfserjoch |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 19, 1771 |
| Place of death | Cistercian Abbey of Stams |