Chrysostomus Laurentius Pfrogner
Laurentius Pfrogner , religious name Chrysostomus ( baptized August 12, 1751 in Pernharz (Czech Pernarec ) near Mies in Bohemia; † September 28, 1812 in Tepl ) was a Premonstratensian , 1802 rector of Charles University in Prague and from 1803 to 1812 abbot of Teplá Monastery in western Bohemia .
After studying at the Charles University in Prague and obtaining a doctorate in philosophy in 1774, the peasant's son Laurentius (or Laurenz or Lorenz) Pfrogner entered the Premonstratensian order the following year and took the religious name Chrysostom , which he then adopted led in the first place. From 1788 he was prefect of studies at the general seminar in Prague. After receiving his doctorate in theology in 1790, he was Professor of Church History at Prague University from 1791, teaching at the Faculty of Philosophy. In 1796 he was the dean of this faculty and in 1802 he was the rector of the Charles University. In the years after 1803 Chrysostomus Laurentius Pfrogner was abbot of the Teplá Monastery in western Bohemia . In 1812 his secretary, Karl Prokop Reitberger , succeeded him.
Pfrogner was an author of ecclesiastical and philosophical writings, made a contribution to the construction of the Premonstratensian grammar school in Pilsen and, at the urging of the monastery doctor Johann Josef Nehr, had a first permanent bath house built in 1808 at the Marienbrunnen near Tepls , which resulted in further expansion of the place under his Successor riding Berger the spa town Marienbad was established.
Fonts (selection)
- Introduction to Christian religious and church history in general and to the church history of Bohemia in particular, 2 volumes (1801)
- On the concept of self-assessment (1804)
- On the origin of good and evil according to all meanings (1806)
- On human education and its relationship to the ultimate destiny (1810)
- On the infinite dignity of Jesus and on the worthless efforts of his opponents (1813)
Writings by Chrysostomus Laurentius Pfrogner on Google Books
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Pfrogner, Lorenz Chrysostomus . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 22nd part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1870, pp. 204–206 ( digitized version ).
- Wilhelm Kosch : Catholic Germany (1931–1938)
- Augustin Kurt Huber: The Tepli Monastery in the Age of Enlightenment, in: Analecta Praemonstratensia (1950), pages 62 to 104
- Augustin Kurt Huber: Abbot Chrysostomus Laurentius Pfrogner (1751–1812), monastic life and culture in the Teplá Monastery from the Enlightenment to the Restoration, reprint (1994)
- Wolfgang Grassl: Culture of Place: An Intellectual Profile of the Premonstratensian Order. Bautz, Nordhausen 2012, 378–383.
- Biographical lexicon on the history of the Czech lands. Volume III, published on behalf of the Collegium Carolinum (Institute) by Ferdinand Seibt , Hans Lemberg and Helmut Slapnicka, R. Oldenbourg Verlag Munich 2000, page 204, ISBN 3 486 55973 7
Individual evidence
- ↑ matrikel Pernharz (Pernarec 01) in the State area archive Plzen
- ↑ Koch, Eduard J .: Treatise on mineral springs in a general scientific relation and description of all baths and wells known in the Austrian monarchy . Volume 1, Pichler, Vienna 1843, p. 272. ( digitized version ).
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| SURNAME | Pfrogner, Chrysostomus Laurentius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pfrogner, Laurentius (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Premonstratensian, Rector of the Charles University in Prague, Abbot of the Teplá Monastery in Western Bohemia (1803-1818) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized August 12, 1751 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pernharz, Mies district , Bohemia |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 28, 1812 |
| Place of death | Tepl |