Cyrill Napp
Cyrill Franz Napp OESA (born October 5, 1792 in Gewitsch , Mährisch Trübau district ; † July 21 (?) Or July 22, 1867 in Old Brno ) was an Austrian Augustinian hermit and abbot of the Augustinian monastery in Old Brno .
Life
Napp was born the son of the master glove maker Ludwig Napp and his wife Anna Maria (née Bergesin) and was baptized with the name Franz . The father (1757 – approx. 1810) came from Dexheim in Rheinhessen , was originally Protestant and later converted to Catholicism .
Rip graduated from high school in Olomouc and studied at the Palacky University philosophy . In 1810 he entered the St. Thomas Augustinian Monastery in Old Brno, took the name of the order Cyrill and took vows three years later . After completing his studies at the Theological Seminary establishment of the Brno he received the 1815 ordination and received little later Professor of Old Testament and oriental languages at the Theological College in Brno.
In 1824 he was elected abbot of his monastery and directed it for over 40 years until his death. The promotion of young talent was particularly important to him, and so the monastery soon developed into a center of learning. By setting up an orangery and a greenhouse in the monastery garden , he made the long-term biological experiments of his friar and later successor Gregor Mendel possible .
In addition to his duties as abbot, he showed great interest in the cultural, economic, social and political issues of Moravia . Napp was a member of the Moravian Assembly of Estates , the Provincial Committee and several commissions, and in these functions was significantly involved in numerous measures to raise and improve the cultural and economic conditions in his homeland. He contributed to the creation of a chair for Czech language and literature, the establishment of a technical university in Brno , the establishment of a fire insurance company and a forest school. He was a long-time member and since 1865 director of the Moravian-Silesian Society, which was dedicated to the promotion of agriculture and natural and regional studies.
Awards
- 1836: Austrian-Imperial Leopold Order
- 1850: Franz Joseph Order
- 1859: Commander's Cross of the Order of the Iron Crown
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Napp, Cyrill Franz . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 20th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1869, pp. 81–83 ( digitized version ).
- AK Huber: Napp, Cyrill (Franz) (1792–1867), Dept. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 7, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1978, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 33.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cyrill Napp in the German Biography , accessed on March 23, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Napp, Cyrill |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Napp, Franz (maiden name); Napp, Cyril František |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Augustinian ceremony and abbot |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 5, 1792 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gewitsch |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 21, 1867 or July 22, 1867 |
| Place of death | Brno |